There is a VERY worrying consultation by the government at the moment.
The number of families choosing to home educate is rising because what the state schools have to offer is a substandard at best.
The big brother style government we have now, has been very worried with these figures because they cannot fathom losing control over the education of all these children.
In the past, they tried to attack the quality of education being received at home, but that failed.
Now, they are using a completely unfounded (as per their own admission) claim that home education might be a cover up for abuse (!) so they will have an excuse to monitor and control what home educating families do!
Taken from their consultation
It is vital that we, people who support home education as we know it, make our views known by responding to the consultation before the deadline.
Please note that many of the questions are worded in such a way as to get the answer they want from people, so be careful when you reply.
Here is a link for the consultation
Here is a Facebook group related to this
At the moment, home educating families in the UK have the freedom to choose how their children will learn, be that unschooling or using a curriculum. We also have to right refuse home inspections.
Already this week, I have hear and read a few officials trying to define WHAT constitutes suitable education, listing things such as "at least 20 hours per week", "following the National Curriculum" and "tests"
It is a very worrying time!!
The number of families choosing to home educate is rising because what the state schools have to offer is a substandard at best.
The big brother style government we have now, has been very worried with these figures because they cannot fathom losing control over the education of all these children.
In the past, they tried to attack the quality of education being received at home, but that failed.
Now, they are using a completely unfounded (as per their own admission) claim that home education might be a cover up for abuse (!) so they will have an excuse to monitor and control what home educating families do!
Taken from their consultation
Quote:
| "some people have expressed concern that home education could be used as a cover for child abuse, forced marriage, domestic servitude or other forms of child neglect. What do you think Government should do to ensure this does not happen?" |
Please note that many of the questions are worded in such a way as to get the answer they want from people, so be careful when you reply.
Here is a link for the consultation
Here is a Facebook group related to this
At the moment, home educating families in the UK have the freedom to choose how their children will learn, be that unschooling or using a curriculum. We also have to right refuse home inspections.
Already this week, I have hear and read a few officials trying to define WHAT constitutes suitable education, listing things such as "at least 20 hours per week", "following the National Curriculum" and "tests"
It is a very worrying time!!
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How in the world can you measure what 20 hours is if you don't do sit down home educating?? And where did they pull the "20 hours" from anyway? A school child is lucky if they get even a fraction of that amount after they subtract all the wasted time with crowd control and useless time fillers (my son cried while attending school here because of how extremely lite they did as he felt he was "wasting his life" ) A home educated child also receives an intensive one-to-one education, which can't be compared.
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