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Last Updated:  11 Feb 2026

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 MOE Kindergarten (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 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 combined monthly income of the following household members:

  • All individuals related to the registering child by blood, marriage or legal relations (e.g. uncles, aunts, cousins, grandparents etc) staying at the same residential address as the registering child.

PCI per month = Monthly GHI / No. of members in the same household

 
If you have registered under PO 1, MOE will automatically retrieve your GHI and PCI from the Government Household Means Eligibility System (HOMES) to verify your eligibility. HOMES pulls income data directly from IRAS and CPF Board records. The MK will contact you if further clarification is required.

What will be included for calculation of GHI

  • All employment/trade income, including bonuses, allowances and employee's CPF contributions.
  • Other taxable administrative income (e.g. rental income, dividends and taxable investment income).

What will be excluded for calculation of GHI

  • National Service allowance earned by National Servicemen.
  • Severance compensation and insurance payouts.
  • Alimony payment (including lump sum payment) received for the maintenance of child(ren) and/or ex-spouse.
Ghi Pci

The above illustration is an example on the calculation of GHI / PCI. Learn about PO 1 worked examples.

Priority admission eligibility checker

To check if you are eligible for PO 1 admission, you can use the priority admission eligibility checker.

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How balloting works

An MK will generally take up to about 140 children.

Balloting is conducted when there are more applicants than vacancies at the MK. It takes into consideration citizenship (where applicable) and the distance between your home and the MK in the following order:

  1. Children living within 500m of the MK.
  2. Children living between 500m and 1km of the MK.
  3. Children living 1km or more from the MK.
 
The distance checker contains information from the Singapore Land Authority’s (SLA) School Query service. Information is accurate as of January 2026 for the registration of children admitting to K1 in 2027. Contact SLA for any enquiries regarding the School Query Service.
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