Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament
Ms Yeo Wan Ling, Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC
Question
To ask the Minister for Education (a) for students who do not get their choice of school during the secondary school posting process after PSLE, what are the parameters considered by the Ministry in posting allocations; and (b) whether distance of school from home is a priority factor in the parameters considered.
Response
1. The Secondary One posting process takes place after the release of PSLE results, and is based on merit, choice order and citizenship of students. The vast majority of students are placed into a school of their choice, with more than 80 percent posted to a school within their top three choices, and more than 90 percent posted to a school in one of their six choices.
2. If a student is not placed in a school among their six choices, the student will be posted to the school nearest to his or her residence, that has vacancies in the course that he or she is eligible for.