We will be
doing a series of articles to explore the options for LH and other SJKC in
Petaling Perdana Districe standard 6
school leavers . We will start with the
destination where 80% + of the SJKC
school leavers will end up-SMK Sekolah Menegah Kebangasaan and most will
be within the Pusat Pendidikkan Daerah (PPD) Petaling Perdana-district . As
usual we will start with a FAQ (we will be writing in the first person as if
the students were asking the questions ) -
1. 1. Do
I have a choice ? Can I pick my favourite SMK?
Unfortunately NO-you do NOT have a choice –you will be “sent” to a
school within the PPD district where LH is the feeder school . The schools
within the Subang zone are SMK Utama ,USJ 4, USJ8, USJ12, USJ13, USJ17 and the
most likely designated schools are SMK Utama and SMK USJ 4
While you are still in LH , you may (this is yet to be confirmed ) be
given a form to complete and select your preferred school out of a list of up 3
schools HOWEVER you may not even end up in one of the 3 schools .
2 . If you do not get your favourite
choice , what can you do ?
You will be notified of your
designated school before the start of the term . The first thing and the most
crucial action you must take is to report to the designated school even if you
have no intention of going there or you have decided to go to a private or independent school. The fact that you have
reported allows you to re-enroll back to the national schooling system at a
later time. Failing to report will deny you the opportunity to join the national school system in future.
3.I want to apply for a transfer .
Your designated school will have a list of schools which you can apply
for transfer . These are called in zone
schools . The list will also show schools with additional admission criteria –Sekolah
Kawalan (for eg Catholic , must have a minimum of 5As , etc ) . The application
for transfer will be processed by your designated school . You may be asked to
supply additional information to improve your chances of selection such as
sports and extra curricular activities during your primary school years. You can only pick 1
school .
You may also apply for a school out-side your zone but the chances of
admission to that school (if it is a popular school) will be low because you do
not come from a feeder school .
4.
What
are the considerations for Transfer –
Assuming that your transfer has been correctly processed (which cannot
be automatically assumed !!) , you application will be based on your address,
presence of sibling in that school and OTHER
unspecified admission criteria of your target school. The admission criteria for some schools apart from academic
can also include quotas for (race or
gender) preference for sports etc
5.
If
I do not get admitted to your preferred choice , can I appeal? Yes, normally
you are given one right of appeal.
6.
After
the appeal , If I still do not get into my preferred school , what can I do ?
Sorry , you cannot do anything for the
time being and must wait for the next transfer window which is normally the
start of the next academic year .
Next topics
Independent and Private Schools
Life in SMK, Independent and
Private Schools .
We invite Ex LH students and
parents to contribute articles (can be in English , BM and Chinese) sharing
their learning experiences in secondary schools and how their primary years in
LH have helped (or hindered as the case may be ) their journey towards higher
education .
