The annual Primary 1 registration season is back and parents are strategising how to get their children into choice schools. Despite tweaks to the system, brand name schools are still being oversubscribed. Why are parental attitudes so hard to shift? And can the system meet everyone's needs? Steven Chia speaks to Ong Junda, father and founder of SGschooling.com, Associate Professor Jason Tan from the National Institute of Education and Tan Hui Min, a mother of two.
00:17 Introduction
1:57 Parent Ong Junda's efforts to get his child into a choice school
2:48 Parent Tan Hui Min's decision was guided by heritage
5:47 Is distance a factor?
7:57 Is every school a good school?
10:01 What kind of child do you have?
10:55 Is the current Primary 1 registration system fair?
14:13 The effect of MOE kindergartens
15:55 It's about what parents bring to the table
19:00 Should the parent volunteer scheme be removed?
22:20 Introducing more diversity to schools
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