EDUCATION Minister Ng Eng Hen on Tuesday turned down a suggestion by MP Lee Bee Wah (Ang Mo Kio GRC) to give priority to parents with three children or more when registering their kids for Primary One.

Dr Ng noted that up to the 1980s, priority admissions into schools were used to support population policies, until they were de-linked in 1992.

'The current scheme reflects a careful balance of the various factors that serve the educational interest of the child and the school,' concluded Dr Ng.