Give citizens priority in Primary 1 registration? WAIT LONG LONG!

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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->I REFER to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's speech at Tanjong Pagar's National Day celebration dinner ('Give new arrivals the time to adapt' last Friday), in which he pointed out that 'a clear distinction' has already been made between citizens and permanent residents (PRs) in terms of public housing, hospital charges, education fees and sharing government surpluses.
Mr Lee also assured long-time citizens that they would not be disadvantaged as the Government has enough places in top schools and tertiary institutions.
But why are Singaporeans and PRs in the same category when it comes to the Primary 1 registration process? When top schools are overwhelmed with applicants and places have to be decided by balloting, Singaporeans are not given priority.
The Education Ministry should reassess the criteria for admission to Primary 1.
Violet Koh (Ms)

 

[makapaaa]

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MOE's oft stated argument is that we have sufficient primary 1 places for everybody and that all schools are equally well endowed. So, what seems to be the problem for giving priority to citizens??? Unless MOE is telling us half-truths?
</TD></TR><TR><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" align=left>Posted by: legolass at Tue Aug 18 13:27:30 SGT 2009
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You (and our ruling elite) love to cite the opposite extreme.

Nobody is arguing fhat we "do not allow the children of foreigners (PRs) to study in our schools". S'poreans are saying the govt shoud give S'poreans absolute priority over PRs for Primary 1 Registration. Is that too much to ask for after the countless sacrifices S'poreans made to get to where we are today??
</TD></TR><TR><TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top" align=left>Posted by: legolass at Tue Aug 18 13:25:37 SGT 2009
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