Primary 1 School Registration under Phases 2B and 2C

Assoc Prof Tan Kheng Boon Eugene asked the Minister for Education instead of reserving 40 places in every Primary school for registrants in Phases 2B and 2C of Primary 1 school registration, whether the Ministry will consider reserving a fixed percentage, such as 20%-25%, in every Primary school for registrants in Phases 2B and 2C to further enhance open access to all Primary schools, especially for the popular ones.

Mr Heng Swee Keat: We are glad that Assoc Prof Tan shares the same view with MOE that all our Primary schools should remain accessible to students without prior connections to the school.

As this is the first year that MOE has implemented the reservation of 40 places in every Primary school for registrants in Phases 2B and 2C, we will monitor the effect of this change before deciding whether further changes to the P1 framework are necessary.