You are absolutely correct and my kid second language is tamil. Even I am thing to move my kid to Indian school and I don’t want my kid to change the school system after P2 / P3 due to country change. Anyhow she would be attending other classes ( English and Maths ) from outside as usual.Wd40 wrote:I am not very sure which is better, Indian or Local. I have friends in both. So I think both are good. From what I heard local schools go very slow in the beginning and then suddenly pick up at the PSLE level and children find it difficult to cope and there is too much pressure. Indian schools are steadier.
If you are a Tamil and want to choose Tamil as the second language I think you will have less problem with local school, but I had friends who wanted to have Hindi and then it was not available in the school and they had to send for Hindi classes separately.
Just look at yourself, with your English skills you managed to find a job in Singapore, so I think your child will be come out top no matter which school he/she gets into
Interesting. Can you please PM me the facebook group name?zzm9980 wrote:OP you should be grateful you got a spot in any local school. I follow a Facebook group of foreigners putting their kids into local schools, and a scary-high percentage are having their kids flat-out rejected from attending *any* local school on the island for P1 next year.
Sent.Wd40 wrote:Interesting. Can you please PM me the facebook group name?zzm9980 wrote:OP you should be grateful you got a spot in any local school. I follow a Facebook group of foreigners putting their kids into local schools, and a scary-high percentage are having their kids flat-out rejected from attending *any* local school on the island for P1 next year.
I think what this means is; they wouldn't want too many foreigners of same nationality concentrated in one school. Clearly bad news for people like "Indians living in Tampines" as there will already be lots of Indian PRs in those schools and hence hardly any Indian foreigners will get postings in them in phase 3School posting will take into consideration factors such as availability of school vacancies and ensuring a good spread of students
Makes sense. As you'll see when you read that Facebook group, a large amount of the complaints were Indians in the east (Bedok and farther) upset their kids are being sent to AMK.Wd40 wrote:Thanks ZZM. I have sent a request to join the group. Meanwhile did some more reading about Phase 3 registration. I tried to find out how exactly it works and what the vacancy list was like for foreigners. I couldn't find the complete list of schools and number of vacancies in them. It appears foreigners can make a choice of schools and the MoE decides whether they get the school of their choice, any school or nothing at all.
From this link:
http://www.moe.gov.Singapore/education/ ... istration/
I think what this means is; they wouldn't want too many foreigners of same nationality concentrated in one school. Clearly bad news for people like "Indians living in Tampines" as there will already be lots of Indian PRs in those schools and hence hardly any Indian foreigners will get postings in them in phase 3School posting will take into consideration factors such as availability of school vacancies and ensuring a good spread of students
This explains why Kumar's child got a posting in Marsiling.
P1 application form does ask about race, here is the form:zzm9980 wrote:Sent.Wd40 wrote:Interesting. Can you please PM me the facebook group name?zzm9980 wrote:OP you should be grateful you got a spot in any local school. I follow a Facebook group of foreigners putting their kids into local schools, and a scary-high percentage are having their kids flat-out rejected from attending *any* local school on the island for P1 next year.
Interestingly too the P1 application form doesn't ask anything about race, income, or even how long you've been in Singapore. Just nationality and where you live. The poll so far is making it look like about 1/3rd have been flat out rejected. I'll make a new forum topic next week about it with some other data for those who don't wish to venture over to Facebook.
Ahh interesting. For some reason I thought I saw that and thought it only asked nationality.Wd40 wrote:P1 application form does ask about race, here is the form:zzm9980 wrote:Sent.Wd40 wrote: Interesting. Can you please PM me the facebook group name?
Interestingly too the P1 application form doesn't ask anything about race, income, or even how long you've been in Singapore. Just nationality and where you live. The poll so far is making it look like about 1/3rd have been flat out rejected. I'll make a new forum topic next week about it with some other data for those who don't wish to venture over to Facebook.
http://www.moe.gov.Singapore/education/ ... n-Form.pdf
I read the same post(s) and know exactly what you're talking about. I can only imagine the 27 page flame-fest that would ensue if that thread had occurred on this forumWd40 wrote: There is a thread there about whether applying for PR increases chances to get into a local schools. The comments are very interesting![]()
One of my friend also staying at west coast road and he also got the near wood lands area , he has decided not to send his kid to local school due to distance issues and he just done re-contract before his MOE result out and owner also not ready to refund.Wd40 wrote:Thanks ZZM. I have sent a request to join the group. Meanwhile did some more reading about Phase 3 registration. I tried to find out how exactly it works and what the vacancy list was like for foreigners. I couldn't find the complete list of schools and number of vacancies in them. It appears foreigners can make a choice of schools and the MoE decides whether they get the school of their choice, any school or nothing at all.
From this link:
http://www.moe.gov.Singapore/education/ ... istration/
I think what this means is; they wouldn't want too many foreigners of same nationality concentrated in one school. Clearly bad news for people like "Indians living in Tampines" as there will already be lots of Indian PRs in those schools and hence hardly any Indian foreigners will get postings in them in phase 3School posting will take into consideration factors such as availability of school vacancies and ensuring a good spread of students
This explains why Kumar's child got a posting in Marsiling.
If you join that FB group you will realize you are lucky to get a place in local school. For 1st 2 yrs your fees will be only $100 per month compared to $800-1500 in Indian school. So you save a lot more money than what you will lose of you break contract. Also there is chance to change school from P2.kumar_work wrote:One of my friend also staying at west coast road and he also got the near wood lands area , he has decided not to send his kid to local school due to distance issues and he just done re-contract before his MOE result out and owner also not ready to refund.Wd40 wrote:Thanks ZZM. I have sent a request to join the group. Meanwhile did some more reading about Phase 3 registration. I tried to find out how exactly it works and what the vacancy list was like for foreigners. I couldn't find the complete list of schools and number of vacancies in them. It appears foreigners can make a choice of schools and the MoE decides whether they get the school of their choice, any school or nothing at all.
From this link:
http://www.moe.gov.Singapore/education/ ... istration/
I think what this means is; they wouldn't want too many foreigners of same nationality concentrated in one school. Clearly bad news for people like "Indians living in Tampines" as there will already be lots of Indian PRs in those schools and hence hardly any Indian foreigners will get postings in them in phase 3School posting will take into consideration factors such as availability of school vacancies and ensuring a good spread of students
This explains why Kumar's child got a posting in Marsiling.
Yes your are correct, I have still not decided the school. I already asked MOE regarding the school transfer after P1/P2 and they confirmed that foreigners are not allowed for school transfer as per current rules. I don't have any idea on this this and MOE web site also have same rule.Wd40 wrote:If you join that FB group you will realize you are lucky to get a place in local school. For 1st 2 yrs your fees will be only $100 per month compared to $800-1500 in Indian school. So you save a lot more money than what you will lose of you break contract. Also there is chance to change school from P2.kumar_work wrote:One of my friend also staying at west coast road and he also got the near wood lands area , he has decided not to send his kid to local school due to distance issues and he just done re-contract before his MOE result out and owner also not ready to refund.Wd40 wrote:Thanks ZZM. I have sent a request to join the group. Meanwhile did some more reading about Phase 3 registration. I tried to find out how exactly it works and what the vacancy list was like for foreigners. I couldn't find the complete list of schools and number of vacancies in them. It appears foreigners can make a choice of schools and the MoE decides whether they get the school of their choice, any school or nothing at all.
From this link:
http://www.moe.gov.Singapore/education/ ... istration/
I think what this means is; they wouldn't want too many foreigners of same nationality concentrated in one school. Clearly bad news for people like "Indians living in Tampines" as there will already be lots of Indian PRs in those schools and hence hardly any Indian foreigners will get postings in them in phase 3
This explains why Kumar's child got a posting in Marsiling.
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