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Information for Registration of Children for Admission to Primary One in 2010

The information pertains to the 2009 Primary One Registration Exercise.

The registration of children for admission to Primary One classes in 2010 will be carried out from Tuesday, 7 July 2009 to Friday, 28 August 2009. Information and dates of the various phases of registration are available.

All primary and full schools will be open for registration from 8am to 11am and from 2.30pm to 4.30pm on each scheduled registration day.

Information booklets on the 2009 Primary One Registration Exercise have been distributed to kindergartens and childcare centres. The booklets are also available at the MOE Customer Service Centre.

Age Requirement

Children born between 2 January 2003 and 1 January 2004 (both dates inclusive) may be registered for Primary One Classes in 2010.

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Compulsory Education

Under the Compulsory Education Act, Singapore citizens born after 1 January 1996 and residing in Singapore are required to attend national primary schools regularly. Thus, a child born between 2 January 2003 and 1 January 2004 has to be registered at the 2009 Primary One Registration Exercise for admission to Primary One in January 2010.

If a child is assessed as being not ready or suitable for Primary One on medical grounds, a parent may seek approval from the Compulsory Education Unit for deferment of registration. Application can be made using the relevant form available on the compulsory education webpage or at the MOE Customer Service Centre at 1 North Buona Vista Drive (Tel: 6872-2220).

Any queries on Compulsory Education may be directed to MOE Compulsory Education Unit at Fax: (65)-67789356 or Email: moe_ce@moe.edu.sg.

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Registration Procedures

Parents registering their children under Phase 1 may submit the registration form and relevant documents through the older sibling who will be given the form by the school. For registration under Phase 2A(1) to Phase 3, a parent or a person authorized by the parent in writing is to submit the registration form and relevant documents at the school of choice.

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Allocation of Places

Places in the school are allocated accordingly to the order of priority laid out in the various phases of the Primary One Registration Exercise. There will be balloting amongst the applicants if the number of applications to a school exceeds the number of vacancies available in any of the phases from Phase 2A(1) to Phase 2C Supplementary.

The remaining places in each school at the end of Phase 2A(2) will be allocated equally to Phase 2B and Phase 2C. If the number of qualifying applicants in Phase 2B exceeds the places available,the outcome will be determined first by proximity category of residence to the school and then by ballot. Any places not taken up during Phase 2B will be added to the places allocated for Phase 2C.

MOE will post children who are unsuccessful in obtaining a Primary One place in a school of their choice at the end of Phase 2C Supplementary of the registration exercise to a school near their homes that still have vacancies.

In June 2009, we will post the number of P1 places each school will offer for the 2009 P1 Registration Exercise.

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Home-School Distance Category

Parents should check and confirm their latest home-school distance categories with their schools of choice after 18 June 2009, as this information is updated yearly.

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Announcement on Balloting and Vacancies

Parents can find out which schools will be conducting balloting via Teletext (Channel 8, page 727) or on our balloting information webpage at the end of the registration phase. Parents are welcome to witness the balloting. The number of applicants for each school is updated daily on the Internet and Teletext.

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Documents Required for Registration

Parents must produce the originals of each required document at the time of registration. Each child should be registered at only one school at any one time. If a child is registered at more than one school, he may lose his place in the school of choice.

With reference to Singapore’s National Childhood Immunisation Schedule, all children (Singapore Citizen and Non-Singapore Citizen) should have completed immunisation for BCG, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, poliomyelitis, measles, mumps, rubella and hepatitis B (list of immunisation requirements) before entry into Primary One. Parents should therefore ensure that their children have these immunisations before admission to school. Immunisation can be done at any polyclinic or at any private clinic. Documentary evidence of immunisation should be produced for inspection at the time of registration.

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Statutory Declaration

Statutory declarations are required where parents may enroll their child in a school within 2 kilometres from the place of residence of either of the child’s grandparent or parent’s sibling. The eligibility criteria (s) are as follows:

For the purpose of registration, the child’s grandparent or parent’s sibling and one of the child’s parents are required to make a statutory declaration at the MOE Customer Service Centre. The statutory declaration can be made from 8 am to 4 pm, Mondays to Fridays and from 8 am to 12 noon on Saturdays, from Tuesday, 07 July 2009 to Friday, 14 August 2009. They should bring along with them the originals of the required documents:

If statutory declaration is used, children who are registered using either of the grandparent or parent’s sibling address and residing within 1 km or between 1 km and 2 km of the school of choice are balloted together with other children residing between 1 and 2 km.

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False Information

Any parent found to have provided false information during the Primary One Registration Exercise will be referred to the Police for investigation. A child who is successfully registered in a school based on false information given will be transferred to another school with available vacancies after all eligible children have been registered.

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International Students

Children who are neither Singapore Citizens nor Singapore Permanent Residents may register at the schools directly under Phase 3 on Friday, 28 August 2009. Registration in this phase will be done on a first-come-first-served basis.

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Information for Singaporeans Who are Overseas

Singaporeans who are overseas and who wish to register their children for Primary One can obtain the application forms and a copy of the notes on the registration procedure from the Overseas Missions, Embassies, Singapore Clubs and Associations from 3rd June onwards. Alternatively, you can download the application forms.

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Other Information

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