Die Pretoriase hooggeregshof het vandag verlof tot appèl toegestaan teen die uitspraak van Regter Cynthia Pretorius in die saak van BCVO e.a. vs Onderwysminister en ander. In hierdie saak het die applikante, insluitende tuisskoler Tina van Deventer, die hof gevra om: 1. 'n Verklarende bevel te gee dat die nasionale kurrikulum nie afdwingbaar is op privaatskole of tuisonderwys nie. (By implikasie moet sy ook verklaar dat die nie op openbare skole...
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Homeschooling and the law
Home schooling was recognized in 1996 in Section 51 of the SA Schools
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Is homeschooling legal in South Africa?
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...
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Do homeschoolers take holidays?
Yes, they take breaks. Some homeschool families follow the public school year calendar especially if they are involved in sport and music...
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Do home learners sometimes wish they were in school and were normal?
They generally like being homeschooled. Some homelearners go to school for the experience but many return to homeschooling as within the homeschool...
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Is home education often used as a smoke screen to hide child neglect?
State interference in home education is often justified as something that can identify situations where home education is used as a smoke screen to...
