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Primary 1 registration: Can we stop parents from gaming the system?

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A mother was recently sentenced to jail for faking her home address to get her child into a primary school, raising the question - just how far will parents go to secure a spot in their school of choice and how can we tighten the process? Steven Chia and Tiffany Ang unpack the pressures some parents face with Primary 1 registration with Junda Ong, founder of SG Schooling and Assistant Professor Jacqueline Ho from Singapore Management University.

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1. Primary 1 registration: Can we stop parents from gaming the system? (00:00:00)

2. How parents try to game the system (00:02:57)

3. Is the system flawed or are we too kiasu? (00:06:23)

4. Is jail a strong enough deterrence? (00:12:17)

5. When the “elite” schools are oversubscribed (00:14:32)

202 episodes

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A mother was recently sentenced to jail for faking her home address to get her child into a primary school, raising the question - just how far will parents go to secure a spot in their school of choice and how can we tighten the process? Steven Chia and Tiffany Ang unpack the pressures some parents face with Primary 1 registration with Junda Ong, founder of SG Schooling and Assistant Professor Jacqueline Ho from Singapore Management University.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  continue reading

Chapters

1. Primary 1 registration: Can we stop parents from gaming the system? (00:00:00)

2. How parents try to game the system (00:02:57)

3. Is the system flawed or are we too kiasu? (00:06:23)

4. Is jail a strong enough deterrence? (00:12:17)

5. When the “elite” schools are oversubscribed (00:14:32)

202 episodes

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