I got PR on Dec 2016 after the registration process was over. I wrote to MOE and they basically asked me to approach the individual schools. I approached those in my neighborhood and they put my son on the waitlist.I was told that if he could not secure a place in P1 he could try to get into P2 next year. The school would hold a test in Math, and English to decide if he is fit for P2. If he doesn't do too well in the test he would have to go into P1 i.e, loose one year.
Fortunately we got calls from two of the four schools that we applied in February and got him started in the one closest to us. In hindsight the curriculum is quite different from
International Schools and things are quite competitive from day one - transitioning in P2 would have been much more difficult.
I fully recommend getting started with a prep course in a tuition centre like mindstretcher if that is the plan.
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