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Bouwe van der Eems and his wife Debbie have been homeschooling their five children since 2000. Bouwe is actively involved in the Association for Homeschooling and the Pestalozzi Trust and has taken part in various meeting with Department officials since 2004. With his family he has been running the SAHomeschoolers website since 2010.

How should homeschoolers vote?


Of the 10 largest parties, 8 published manifestos for the 2019 national and provincial elections. This article analyses the manifestos of these parties in terms of a number of questions that might be important to home educators. For each party, a number of questions are answered: Does the manifesto list education as an election issue?Does the manifesto mention / acknowledge the role of parents in education?Does the manifesto mention home education?...

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Education is a political game


On 20 May 2004 Ms. Mmule Madonsela, a senior education official in Gauteng, informed homeschooling parents that : “Education is a political game”. Every year, with the announcement of the matric results, this statement is confirmed again and again. Since 2008, the national matric pass rate has increased from 62.5% to 78.2%. If the matric pass rate is an indicator of the performance of the education system, it means that the...

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