Association for Homeschooling

Amendments to the Gauteng Education Law have recently been introduced. These amendments have been analysed by the Leendert van Oostrum of the Pestalozzi Trust. This analysis concludes these ammendments are so badly written that it would be very difficult for the Department of Education to prosecute people with this law. Some paragraphs actually state exactly the opposite of what they were intended to mean. Click here to read the complete analysis.

If it is possible for such poor legislation to be passed into law, the entire legislative process is suspicious. Leendert van Oostrum also writes the following on the Tuisonderwys mailing list : "What is shocking to me, though, is not so much the departmental officials who drafted the amendments for the MEC for Education. What is shocking is that the amendments, with those glaring arrors in them, were actually passed into law." Read more.

Oorwegend het die hoofstroomkoerante die Departement van Basiese Onderwys lof toegeswaai oor die verbetering van die matriek slaagsyfer.

In die afgelope week was daar egter van verskeie kante kritiek op die waarde van matriek. Lees meer.

Some parts of the Childrens Act were declared invalid by the Constitutional Court in South Africa. In August 2010 which children were removed from beggars and placed in temporary safe care during a raid. The children's parents approached the high court for an order restoring them to their care, which was granted following the court's assertion that the move constituted an infringement of the right of the child to family care or parental care.Click here to read the full article.

It is tragic to note that the Constitutional Court of an failed state such as South Africa confirms parental rights, while an advanced democratic state such as Sweden allows gross infringement of these rights.

Aan die begin van die jaar moet Christen ouers weer besluit oor die plek waar hulle kinders onderwys gaan ontvang. In Suid-Afrika kies die meeste Christen ouers om hulle kinders na staatskole te stuur. Slegs ‘n minderheid kies vir tuisonderwys of Christelike privaatskole.

Daar word algemeen erken dat daar probleme is met staatsonderwys. Die kurrikulum is daarop gerig om die intergeloof godsdiens oor te dra (kliek hier vir ‘n verslag hieroor). Die akademiese standaarde van staatskole laat veel te wense oor (kliek hier vir ’n verslag hieroor). Verder is seks, dwelms en geweld probleme in staatskole waaroor gereeld gelees word in die pers. Lees meer.

VAN : Pestalozzi Trust vir tuis- en burgerlike onderwys - 4 Januarie 2012

Ontleding van die resultaat in die 2011 matriekeksamen toon dat tuisleerders weereens uitstekend presteer het. Lees meer.