What are the requirements for children to go to primary schools in Singapore?

According to the Singapore Education Network, the conditions for studying in Singapore are different at different school ages. In addition to students applying for primary one, international students who want to enroll in public primary and secondary schools in Singapore generally have to take the AEIS exam. The AEIS exam in Singapore is not particularly difficult. Students enrolled in the Singapore government's preparatory classes for primary and secondary schools can pass once.

The Ministry of Education of Singapore has launched a unified enrollment plan, which holds the AEIS exam from September to 10 every year to recruit international students who want to enroll in public primary and secondary schools in Singapore.

AEIS will involve the unified examination of English and mathematics, and students who pass the examination will be admitted to the corresponding schools. This enrollment activity is aimed at overseas students who apply for grades two to five in primary school and grades one to three in middle school. Public schools do not allow overseas students to study directly in the sixth grade of primary school and the fourth grade of secondary school.

If you pass the AEIS exam, you can go to school, because the results of the AEIS exam are not published. Finally, only whether the candidates are admitted to the school will be announced. Whether a student is admitted depends not only on the student's exam results, but also on whether there are places in the schools near the address.

Singapore's primary school enrollment has been facing the problem of oversupply. Since 20 14, Singapore has stipulated that each primary school should reserve 20 registration places at the stage 2B and 2C of Primary One to ensure that the primary school admission system remains open. In order to prevent primary schools from becoming a closed circle, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong once asked schools to reserve at least 40 places for applicants who have no direct relationship with the schools in the future.

In this regard, the Ministry of Education explained that different considerations must be balanced when considering how many places to reserve for phases 2B and 2C. For example, too few reserved places hinder the establishment of open enrollment system, but too many reserved places may favor those who have the ability to buy houses around popular schools.

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With the rise of immigrants from China, many parents have to face the problem of their children's education abroad, but at the same time they also suffer from the lack of understanding of policies and the shortage of places in government schools, and often face the problem of their children's lack of education. As a result, many intermediaries are optimistic about this cake.

It is understood that many intermediaries can provide China parents with direct access to Singaporean Primary One. Because you don't need an exam to enter Primary One directly, the service provided is mainly to write application materials. However, some intermediaries said that for government schools with tight places, they can apply for small-scale admission through "special channels".

For China students who want to apply for Grade 2-5 in primary school and Grade 1-3 in middle school, the intermediary can also provide AEIS exam training, or introduce customers to attend AEIS preparation classes in Singapore, but it usually costs a lot.

People's Daily Online-"Outsiders" also encounter difficulties in sending their children to school in Singapore.