If ever there was a year when parents and children lost freedom in education, it was 2014. Public schools lost the freedom to choose textbooks, pupils lost freedom to choose subjects, compulsory school attendance is extended, the administrative burden of private schools increases and National Curriculum is extended to birth. All these changes were announced by the Minister of Basic Education, without anyone making much of a fuss. Public schools lose...
Various homeschool organisations have been invited to meetings with the Department of Basic Education (DBE) on 9 and 10 October to discuss changes to regulations and policies on home education. The following organisations will represent homeschooling parents during these meetings: Association for Homeschooling (Bouwe van der Eems, Shaun Green )Cape Home Educators (Johan Heckroodt, Linda Heckroodt)Eastern Cape Homeschool Association (Marie Kuhlmann)Gauteng Association for Homeschooling (Jacs Lemmer)KZN Association for Homeschooling (Elize van der...
They generally like being homeschooled. Some homelearners go to school for the experience but many return to homeschooling as within the homeschool...
Yes, they take breaks. Some homeschool families follow the public school year calendar especially if they are involved in sport and music...
Yes. Since 1994, the right for parents to home educate their children was legalised in South Africa through the adoption of the new constitution. In...
In general all their schoolwork is homework and they do not get to do extra work in the afternoons. A tutor might give some extra work to complete...
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