The Ministry of Education (MOE) Primary One (P1) Registration Scheme is open to serving grassroots leaders (GRLs) of the Citizens' Consultative Committees (CCCs), Community Club/Centre Management Committees (CCMCs), Residents' Committees (RCs), Neighbourhood Committees (NCs) and Residents' Networks (RNs), and District Councillors of the Community Development Councils (CDCs) with at least two years of continuous service immediately prior to their applications. Since 2016, they are eligible to register their children in primary schools located in their residing Group Representation Constituency (GRC) or Single Member Constituency (SMC).
2 Whenever there are changes in electoral boundaries following a General Election (GE), the residing GRC/SMC of GRLs/District Councillors would consequently change thus affecting their choice of eligible primary schools. MOE would determine whether the pre- or post-GE boundaries would be used for P1 registration for the GRLs/District Councillors based on where the majority of their minimum two-year service period lies. This rule has been applied consistently since 2011 so as to be fair to GRLs/District Councillors who are suddenly affected by electoral boundary changes.
3 To ensure that future registrations by GRLs/District Councillors will not be affected by changes to electoral boundaries, MOE will implement the following policy changes to the Scheme from 2022 (i.e. for admission to P1 from 2023):
Choice of Primary School
Eligible GRL/District Councillor will be granted Phase 2B to register his/her child in a primary school located within 2 kilometres (km) of his/her residence (based on data from SLA OneMap), regardless of his/her residing GRC/SMC.
Minimum Occupation Period of Registered Address
GRL/District Councillor who is granted Phase 2B under the Scheme will be required to reside in his/her registered address for at least 30 months from the start of the P1 Exercise, regardless of with or without balloting for Phase 2B registration.