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‘Kiasu’ parents have an unhealthy obsession with ‘top schools’ at P1 registration exercise
Stats around the primary school registration highlight the need for more work to realise Singapore’s ‘Every School a Good School’ vision.
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In Phase 2C, which is open to any child not yet registered in a primary school, approximately one in two schools was oversubscribed on average.
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Eik Swee, Cameron Kheng and Vincent Chua
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When the slogan “Every School a Good School” was introduced in 2012 by then Education Minister Heng Swee Keat, critics said this was far from reality. Others dismissed it as a mere platitude.
Mr Heng later went on to clarify the essence of this vision: Every school is good in its own way and should aspire to develop its own unique and valuable niche,
