All About Primary Schools' Balloting History

[blmg]

Anyone can explain how to read the DEV TUR? Positive or negative number is a good sign? For the case of Radin Mas where it is 16% meaning what to a Parents if trying in Phase 2C?

I think positive means the current year TUR is higher than the historical (2006 to 2008), meaning no good for current year registration i.e. less places now than historically.

[schellen]

may i know who r the people who are doing the balloting? PVs or school staff? do we call the school up to check when they r doing the ballot so that anxious parents can witness?

Should be the sch staff, to be fair. I think the sch staff doesn't announce the name out loud after each "lucky dip". Instead, they add the name to the class list on the noticeboard behind/near them. They form classes as they go through the phases. That's why my DD is in the last class since she got in via Phase 2C.

This is my impression of how it is done, based on something read somewhere last year, before we did the registration for my DD. My DD's sch doesn't need to do balloting so I may be wrong or maybe different schs do it differently?

[schellen]

Anyone can explain how to read the DEV TUR? Positive or negative number is a good sign? For the case of Radin Mas where it is 16% meaning what to a Parents if trying in Phase 2C?

I think positive means the current year TUR is higher than the historical (2006 to 2008), meaning no good for current year registration i.e. less places now than historically.

Ya, I remember reading a few pages before or maybe another thread in this forum (think it was Chief's post?) and it stated that positive is bad news for parents who fear balloting.

[tankee]

i think different school conduct the balloting differently. I recall sawing a segment of a school ballot in news some years back, the child name was read out.

[lwm99]

Allow me to add on to the reason for the decrease number in Phase 2B. In order not to subject PV to balloting during 2B, Rosyth is very prudent as to limit its PV numbers. If I am not wrong, Rosyth turned away close to hundred of PV applicants yearly so as to ensure PV's effort are not wasted.

Put in the another way, if you have been selected as a PV in Rosyth, chances of your P1 registration is pretty high.

Another reason could be they want to increase the number of vancacy for phase 2C, so they can attract more people outside 2km, hoepfully including some rich and famous

[titank]

Anyone can explain how to read the DEV TUR? Positive or negative number is a good sign? For the case of Radin Mas where it is 16% meaning what to a Parents if trying in Phase 2C?

I think positive means the current year TUR is higher than the historical (2006 to 2008), meaning no good for current year registration i.e. less places now than historically.

Oh thanks. If the Dev TUR is higher like Radin Mas 16% which is not a good sign for those competiting in Phase 2C? Ok can understand the balloting chart now.

[tankee]

at the end of day 1 of Phase 2B, these schools have already exceeded the vacancies available and definitely will be balloting.

Ai Tong .............. vac 44 .. reg 55
Catholic .............. vac 28 .. reg 39
Methodist Girls .... vac 37 .. reg 55
ACS Junior .......... vac 53 .. reg 58
South View .......... vac 52 .. reg 64
Tao Nan ............... vac 82 .. reg 83
ACS Pri ................ vac 26 .. reg 31
St Hilda's ............. vac 45 ... reg 46


1 more day of phase 2B to go

[tankee]

at the end of day 2 of Phase 2B registration, the following schools have more applicant registered than available vacancies

1. Ai Tong
2. Catholic High
3. Methodist Girls'
4. ACS (junior)
5. South View
6. Kong Hwa
7. Paya Lebar Methodist Girls'
8. Rulang
9. ACS (pri)
10. St Joseph
11. Nan Chiau
12. St Hilda's
13. CHIJ Toa Payoh
14. Maris Stella
15. Pei Chun
16. Chongfu
17. Tao Nan


Nanyang, Pei Hwa, Nan Hua and Maha Bodhi, need not ballot, number of applicants matched available vacancies exactly.

[blmg]

at the end of day 2 of Phase 2B registration, the following schools have more applicant registered than available vacancies

1. Ai Tong
2. Catholic High
3. Methodist Girls'
4. ACS (junior)
5. South View
6. Kong Hwa
7. Paya Lebar Methodist Girls'
8. Rulang
9. ACS (pri)
10. St Joseph
11. Nan Chiau
12. St Hilda's
13. CHIJ Toa Payoh
14. Maris Stella
15. Pei Chun
16. Chongfu


Nanyang, Pei Hwa, Nan Hua and Maha Bodhi, need not ballot, number of applicants matched available vacancies exactly.

How about Taonan?

[tankee]

Oops ... I missed out Tao Nan. Lol