Primary School Question

[BeerForBreakfast]

But very few want to buy 11xx psf, 1.1x m 3b condo unit at North Gaia that would essentially give their kids a place in Chongfu

Isn't this North Gaia an EC project and not a normal condo? Many people would not qualify to get it due to income ceiling.

 

[䏣炆玧示老太]

Chong Fu is ranked #19 among non-GEP schools. Not in the top 10 of non-GEP.

no wonder i never heard of that
similar to gan eng seng as sec school right?

 

[䏣炆玧示老太]

Isn't this North Gaia an EC project and not a normal condo? Many people would not qualify to get it due to income ceiling.

EC in such area..........don't tell me ChongFu is a big draw factor for such a lanpoon
just like projects around Gan Eng Seng wouldn't use it as a selling point

 

[katenash]

To enroll a child in a school that your friend is teaching in, is phase 2A2, not 2B as per your story so your story does not check out. 2B is Parent volunteer/Church association.

The likelihood of being out-balloted in 2A2 in the pre-merger days is close to zero. Teacher would know who are the other teachers who are also applying for 2A2 since in any primary school the number of teachers that happen to have children that are enrolling in the same year is limited to a small number.


https://tnp.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/how-will-changes-primary-1-registration-affect-my-child

Q: WHY DID MOE COMBINE PHASES 2A1 AND 2A2?​

A: Priority for alumni members was introduced in Phase 2A1 in 1999 to encourage stronger alumni and community support for schools.

The MOE says it is timely to review the fine differentiation of priority between Phases 2A1 and 2A2 as, over time, more former students and alumni associations have been actively contributing to their schools.

It adds: "The increase in reserved places for Phase 2C will result in fewer places in earlier phases. Several schools may end up with relatively few or no places left for Phase 2A2 registrants if priority between Phase 2A1 and Phase 2A2 registrants continued to be differentiated."

Hence, combining both phases into a simplified Phase 2A would help to preserve access for Phase 2A2 registrants, who might otherwise have no spots left.

So I got the staff phase wrong. Regardless, for her school, it was totally possible that she could get balloted out at Phase 2A2 because it was one of those super popular school. In some schools, balloting started at Phase 2A2 some years ago. Teachers had to sit in with the parents to ballot. I was a PV for a super popular school for P1 registration for a couple of years some years ago and I witnessed that.

 

[BeerForBreakfast]

U seems to be completely out of touch with sg education.. There are so many multiple pathways in secondary schools (PFP, DPP, EAE). No doubt some late developer may not be going jc directly from sec but they can still enter Uni if they r doing fine in ITE or poly then uni. And what’s wrong with that?

For most Singaporeans, they cannot afford to send their children overseas to study.

So if they go to Poly, they have a much smaller chance by % to enter a local university since local university places are mainly reserved for those who go to the A level route. It is the way the system is, as those students took a risk to go the A level route instead of doing something more industry centered like polytechnic.

Of course, Poly grads who cannot afford to study overseas after their diploma and that fail to get one of the limited places for them in local universities can go to those private correspondence institutes like PSB, MDIS and schools like SIM that got its name changed to SUSS and everyone knows it is a dumping ground with no criteria to get in.

 

[BeerForBreakfast]

EC in such area..........don't tell me ChongFu is a big draw factor for such a lanpoon
just like projects around Gan Eng Seng wouldn't use it as a selling point

Yeah but the people in this thread thought Chong Fu is a very big deal and were sore at the suggestion of members of the public not knowing about its existence compared to the big names.

 

[NiShiZhu]

For most Singaporeans, they cannot afford to send their children overseas to study.

So if they go to Poly, they have a much smaller chance by % to enter a local university since local university places are mainly reserved for those who go to the A level route. It is the way the system is, as those students took a risk to go the A level route instead of doing something more industry centered like polytechnic.

Of course, they can go to those private correspondence institutes like PSB, MDIS and schools like SIM that got its name changed to SUSS and everyone knows it is a dumping ground with no criteria to get in.

The statement of uni being reserved mainly for JC students is no longer true in today’s context, more and more students admitted to uni are via poly routes nowadays.
In the past, only top 5% cert of merit students from poly are qualified for uni admission. Now the vacancy had opened up by a lot.

 

[䏣炆玧示老太]

Yeah but the people in this thread thought Chong Fu is a very big deal and were sore at the suggestion of members of the public not knowing about its existence compared to the big names.

Laymen set their sights Low don’t argue with them. They can never look up aim high because they’re afraid of failing to reach too high standard set.

 

[BeerForBreakfast]

So I got the staff phase wrong. Regardless, for her school, it was totally possible that she could get balloted out at Phase 2A2 because it was one of those super popular school. In some schools, balloting started at Phase 2A2 some years ago. Teachers had to sit in with the parents to ballot. I was a PV for a super popular school for P1 registration for a couple of years some years ago and I witnessed that.

Your story does not check out because the phases are staggered. If she failed to get in at 2A1, then she can apply at 2A2. As a teacher working in a top school, she is already given this "lucky break" compared to parents in other professions. There should not be any complaints.

 

[䏣炆玧示老太]

The statement of uni being reserved mainly for JC students is no longer true in today’s context, more and more students admitting to uni are via poly routes nowadays.

Top5% true talents don’t want to talk about poly grad enter Uni do just about any mediocre degrees then go out to work as Real Estate agent. We live in 2 separate worlds

 

[BeerForBreakfast]

The statement of uni being reserved mainly for JC students is no longer true in today’s context, more and more students admitting to uni are via poly routes nowadays.

The numbers of places are up because they have expanded the universities, by adding more courses, now NTU got those arts and humanities courses (which isn't even NTU's strong suit) that no one wants to go, in our time did not have. The quota % either remains the same or they increased the quota % but it is still under quota and priority for A level remains.

 

[䏣炆玧示老太]

The numbers of places are up because they have expanded the universities, by adding more courses, now NTU got those arts and humanities courses (which isn't even NTU's strong suit) that no one wants to go, in our time did not have. The quota % either remains the same or they increased the quota % but it is still under quota and priority for A level remains.

that's why we asked TS which famous Primary school he's referring to!
if not top 10 primary school then don't bother at all!
say if chong fu don't bother just go ahead to change house lar

 

[momoeagle]

Those confirm PSLE<250 don’t need to ask
Feel free to let your kids grow up work in such field and good luck to them

My property agent friend was a first class honours + masters in elec engineering. I met him while in engineering.

He became a property agent because it was much better paying than a senior engineer position just about 10 years ago.

 

[䏣炆玧示老太]

My property agent friend was a first class honours + masters in elec engineering. I met him while in engineering.

He became a property agent because it was much better paying than a senior engineer position just about 10 years ago.

first class honours + masters in elec engineering............sound mediocre indeed
so he went on to be a housing agent not surprising at all

 

[NiShiZhu]

Top5% true talents don’t want to talk about poly grad enter Uni do just about any mediocre degrees then go out to work as Real Estate agent. We live in 2 separate worlds

Your child or grandson who scored PSLE more than 250 or top 5% can beat this guy in salary? If not diam diam lah.
What’s wrong being a Property Agent. At least they can create fomo and make everyone rush to buy new launch to fund their huge landed. Your son or grandson who ace in PSLE score got such power or not?

 

[momoeagle]

first class honours + masters in elec engineering............sound mediocre indeed
so he went on to be a housing agent not surprising at all

I was working there. It was merely a salary of $5k+ back then for that position. A little low.
The same reason I left.

 

[BeerForBreakfast]

Those confirm PSLE<250 don’t need to ask
Feel free to let your kids grow up work in such field and good luck to them

I never say I want my kids to work in these fields.
I was only replying you about how those PSLE<250 kids mostly end up ordinary. This is generally true in innovation-driven societies, but SG is a population ponzi land-rent economy where many low class people who cannot type in proper English have turned themselves into multi-millionaires, moving into huge landed properties themselves by being property salesmen. I was merely replying you on the PSLE<250 proclamation, because I have seen so many examples of such property salesmen in Singapore, they are not particularly bright, or even skilled in anything but money minded yes.

You see, even if we talk facts here about these people being academically disinclined and are low SES people who can't type in fluent English, people would slam because they feel hurt and offended. Its just like the same comment I made about the anecdotal observation that many of the parents who enroll their children, even in the more popular of neighborhood schools, cannot speak English properly.

 

[䏣炆玧示老太]

Your child or grandson who scored PSLE more than 250 or top 5% can beat this guy in salary? If not diam diam lah.
What’s wrong being a Property Agent. At least they can create fomo and make everyone rush to buy new launch to fund their huge landed.

oh maybe he PSLE>250 go ask him first

 

[䏣炆玧示老太]

I was working there. It was merely a salary of $5k+ back then for that position. A little low.
The same reason I left.

correct
everything is just supply and demand

 

[wanker88]

Your story does not check out because the phases are staggered. If she failed to get in at 2A1, then she can apply at 2A2. As a teacher working in a top school, she is already given this "lucky break" compared to parents in other professions. There should not be any complaints.

She could've applied for Phase 2A1 in her alma mater. If she got in, she has to make a choice, withdraw the place she's got and apply for Phase 2A2 in the school she is teaching at. Logically, as a staff member in the school she could've easily done that as she would be aware of the total application numbers, how many applicants living within 1km etc. Of course her chances would also depend if she lived within 1km of the school she's teaching at. My guess on why she didn't want to go ahead and apply for phase 2A2 at her school is probably as a teacher you know the good and bad of the school and she could've felt her Alma mater was a better choice for her kid.