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Published on Jun 30, 2012
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Mr Ranjan, seen here with his wife Pooja and sons Ayush (in red) and Ansh, has scrapped plans to volunteer at St Hilda's Primary. -- ST PHOTO: RAJ NADARAJAN
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<!-- storyAds:end -->By STACEY CHIA
<!--start of story text-->Some permanent residents (PRs) here are apparently giving up on trying to get their children into popular primary schools, with the recent change in policy to give Singaporean children higher priority for places in schools.
These PR parents are instead now 'settling' for schools nearer their homes, going by a straw poll done by The Straits Times.
Take Ms Rachel Lee, 36, a PR who has, in the past two years, taken a month of leave from work to volunteer at a brand-name school she wants her daughter to attend.
The Malaysian's hopes were dashed when the Education Ministry said in March that Singaporeans will have 'absolute priority' over PRs if balloting is necessary in any phase of registration for Primary 1.
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<!--start of story text-->Some permanent residents (PRs) here are apparently giving up on trying to get their children into popular primary schools, with the recent change in policy to give Singaporean children higher priority for places in schools.
These PR parents are instead now 'settling' for schools nearer their homes, going by a straw poll done by The Straits Times.
Take Ms Rachel Lee, 36, a PR who has, in the past two years, taken a month of leave from work to volunteer at a brand-name school she wants her daughter to attend.
The Malaysian's hopes were dashed when the Education Ministry said in March that Singaporeans will have 'absolute priority' over PRs if balloting is necessary in any phase of registration for Primary 1.
