Citizen to have absolute priority over PRs in the new system.
Currently, when there is over subscription, PR gets 1 slip of balloting paper while citizen gets 2 slips.
The new system requires schools to allocate placement to citizen first thus removing even the 1:2 mathematical possibility.
Currently, there are about 10% of PR students in each P1 intake. The new system will ensure that these 10% placement in popular schools (where balloting is required) will first go to Citizen (or PR’s sibling).
Which also mean that over the next few years (when all PR’s siblings have entered P1), the popular schools will only have Citizen in their P1 classes.
For PR, it is certain that there is no chance to get into popular schools as Citizen, regardless of their residential distance to school, will get placement first.
So for PR, there is no point in purchasing or renting property within 1km from the popular schools.
What a change. That’s good for Citizen but a bit of a shocking news to PRs…. Especially for those who paid premium just to stay near the intended schools. Ouch.
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