Interest in home-schooling is increasing especially in the era of COVID-19. Home-Schooling in South Africa: Adapting to the New Normal of Providing Education by Dlamini, N.; Maharaj, P.; Dunn, S from the University of the Free State. This paper aims to gauge the potential of home-schooling based on the experiences and perspectives of parents who are home educators.
“Home-Schooling in South Africa: Adapting to the new normal of providing education” March/April 2022
https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/pie/article/view/4594/4059
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