Primary 1 registration: Nearly half of all primary schools oversubscribed in Phase 2C

SINGAPORE: Nearly half of all primary schools in Singapore are oversubscribed in Phase 2C of this year’s Primary 1 registration exercise, according to data on the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) website on Wednesday (Aug 5).Of the 179 schools accepting students in this phase, 79 are oversubscribed. Of those that have more applicants than vacancies, 73 will go to the ballot. Phase 2C is considered the most competitive phase and is open to all children. Forty places in each primary school are reserved for this phase.Use our table to find the results for every primary school:

The most oversubscribed school in this phase was Princess Elizabeth Primary School in Bukit Batok, with 159 students vying for 40 slots.This was followed by Northland Primary School in Yishun, which drew 141 applicants for 42 places.Nan Hua Primary School, Chongfu School and Rosyth School completed the top five.Princess Elizabeth, Northland, Nan Hua and Chongfu were also among the top five last year. Registration for this phase opened at 9am Jul 28 and closed at 4.30pm on Jul 30. BALLOTINGIn most cases, balloting is conducted when the number of applicants exceeds the number of vacancies. It takes place in any phase from Phase 2A to Phase 2C supplementary.Priority admission into the school is given in this order: Singaporeans living within 1km of the school, Singaporeans living between 1km and 2km of the school, followed by Singaporeans living further than 2km from the school. Next come permanent residents in the same distance groups.