Reviewing the process for Primary 1 registration to give parents an additional option of registering their interests in a few schools for a single application during each phase

Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament

Mr Don Wee, Chua Chu Kang GRC

Question

To ask the Minister for Education whether the Ministry would consider reviewing the process for Primary 1 registration to give parents an additional option of registering their interests in a few schools for a single application during each phase, instead of registering for only one school at any phase as the child may not be allocated to that school in the earlier phase.

Response

1. Under the current Primary 1 (P1) Registration Framework, parents can only register in one school per phase. The key rationale for this policy is to ensure that children registering in priority phases are not overly advantaged, so that more children are able to be enrolled in a primary school of their choice.

2. For the last three P1 registration exercises, about 98% of registrants were able to obtain a place in a primary school of their choice, or a primary school within 2km of their residence.