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Primary One Registration Exercise 2009
The registration of children for admission to Primary One classes in 2010 will open from Tuesday, 7 July 2009 to Friday, 28 August 2009. The dates for the different phases of registration are listed in Annex A.
All primary and full schools will open for registration from 8.00 am to 11.00 am and from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm from Mondays to Fridays during the registration period. Details on the list of primary schools and vacancies available can be found on the Primary One Registration website.
The Ministry of Education (MOE) had added more classes to cater to the higher demand for Primary One places in the past few years. With a 10% reduction of cohort size for 2010, the number of school places will be adjusted accordingly to reflect the smaller cohort. There will be sufficient school places for all eligible Primary One students on a regional and nationwide basis.
One New School and Six Relocating Schools in 2010
A new school named Horizon Primary will open in 2010 in the new town of Punggol. Six primary schools namely Dazhong Primary, Guangyang Primary, Junyuan Primary, Kong Hwa School, Tampines Primary and CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls’ School [Primary Section] will be relocating to their final or temporary locations where the schools will function in 2010. Annex B gives a list of registration centres for the new and relocating schools.
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. Children born between 2 January 2003 and 1 January 2004 (both dates inclusive), have to be registered at this year’s 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 (48kb .doc) available on the compulsory education webpage or at the MOE Customer Service Centre at 1 North Buona Vista Drive Singapore 138675 (Tel: 6872-2220).
Any queries on Compulsory Education may be directed to MOE Compulsory Education Unit at moe_ce@moe.edu.sg or Fax: 6778-9356.
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 authorised by the parent in writing is to submit the registration form and relevant documents at the school of choice. Each child should be registered at only one school at any one time. If the child is registered at more than one school, he may lose his place in the school of choice.
Allocation of Places
Children will be allocated places in the school according to the order of priority spelt out in the Registration Scheme at Annex A. Balloting will be conducted should the number of applications to a school exceed the number of vacancies during any phase from Phase 2A(1) to Phase 2C Supplementary.
At the end of Phase 2A(2), 50% of the remaining places in each school will be allocated for Phase 2B registrants and the other 50% for Phase 2C registrants in the school.
If the number of qualifying applicants in Phase 2B exceeds the 50% cap, successful applicants will be determined first by proximity category of residence to the school and then by ballot. In the event that the allocated places for Phase 2B is not taken up, the remaining vacancies will be carried forward to 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 to schools near their homes that still have vacancies.
The number of P1 places each school will offer for the 2009 P1 Registration Exercise can be found at the Primary One Registration Exercise’s School Vacancies webpage.
Announcement on Balloting and Vacancies
Parents can find out which schools will be conducting balloting via Teletext (Channel 8, page 727) or through the Primary One Registration Exercise’s balloting page, at the end of each registration phase. Parents are welcomed to witness the balloting. The number of applicants for each school is updated daily on the Internet and Teletext.
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.
Other Information
Parents can find out more about the documents required for registration, statutory declaration for registration using address of the grandparent or parent’s sibling, and registration for overseas Singaporeans via Teletext (Channel 8, page 720) or through the Primary One Registration Exercise website.
Information booklets on this year’s Primary One Registration Exercise have been distributed to kindergartens and childcare centres. The booklets are also available at the MOE Customer Service Centre.