Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024
Register for MOE Kindergarten
2. Priority admission and balloting
Priority order for admission
Places for children registering via Open Admissions (OA) will be allocated based on this admission priority order:
| Priority Order (PO) | Who is eligible |
|---|---|
| 1 | MOE will reserve one-third of places for Singapore Citizen (SC) children from households with Gross Household Income (GHI) not exceeding $4,500 per month or Per Capita Income (PCI) not exceeding $1,125 per month, who live within 1km of the kindergarten. |
| 2 | SC and Permanent Resident (PR) children who have siblings studying in K1 - P6 in the MK/primary school in the year of registration. |
| 3 | All SC children* |
| 4 | All PR children* |
*Children whose parent is a staff member of the MK or primary school will be considered first.
Children from Early Years Centres (EYCs)
If your child is an SC or PR attending Nursery 2 (N2) from a partner EYC, they will be offered a place at the partner MK, if you register your child via the EYC registration form. Learn about MK registration for EYC children.Children registering under PO 1 admission
Singapore Citizen children from households with Gross Household Income (GHI) not exceeding $4,500 per month or Per Capita Income (PCI) not exceeding $1,125 per month, who live within 1km of the kindergarten are eligible to register under PO 1.
GHI per month is the total gross monthly income of the following household members:
- Parents of the child living at the same residential address as the child.
- Child registering for K1.
- Unmarried siblings of the child living at the same residential address as the child as reflected in their NRIC.
- Grandparents of the child living at the same residential address as the child as reflected in their NRIC.
PCI per month is the total gross monthly household income of family members divided by the number of family members living in the same household.
Income should be reflected before employee CPF deduction and should include regular allowances (e.g. transport allowance) and other sources of income (e.g. pension, alimony, rental income). However, one-off payments, annual bonuses and full-time National Service (NSF) allowance should be excluded.
Example:
Learn about PO 1 worked examples or use the GHI / PCI checker to calculate your monthly GHI / PCI. To check if you are eligible for PO 1 admission, you can use the priority admission eligibility checker below after calculating your monthly GHI / PCI.
If your child is registered under PO 1 admission, you will be required to submit supporting documents upon acceptance of offer to confirm your child’s PO 1 eligibility.
If your application is subsequently found to be ineligible for PO 1 admission based on the supporting documents you have submitted to the MK after acceptance of offer, MOE reserves the right to require your child to give up the place allocated under the MK Registration Exercise.
Priority admission eligibility checker
How balloting works
An MK will generally take up to about 140 children.
Balloting is conducted when the number of registrants exceeds vacancies at the MK. It takes into consideration citizenship (where applicable) and the distance between your home and the MK in the following order:
- Children living within 500m of the MK.
- Children living between 500m and 1km of the MK.
- Children living 1km or more from the MK.