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HOME SCHOOLING / INTERNATIONAL
South Africa
South Africa

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The Mercury: MEC Slams Home Education
KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC Ina Cronje has slammed home education, saying it has a seriously negative impact on the overall development of children.

Curriculum Mandate for Homeschoolers
South African homeschool leaders express outrage over the government's plan to mandate one curriculum for all schools, including homeschools. This article, from a prominent South African newspaper features interviews with the leaders of the Pestalozzi Trust Legal Defense Fund, a group that works closely with HSLDA to protect homeschool freedoms in South Africa.

South Africa Minister Of Education Attempts to Stop Religious Teaching in Homeschools
Hundreds of thousands of South Africans find the requirement for religion education from a "neutral" perspective to be tantamount to blasphemy.

South African Homeschoolers Concerned About Religious Persecution
In a speech to the National Association of Professional Teachers Organisations of South Africa, Education Minister Kader Asmal accuses Christians of intolerance.

A Critique on South Africa's New National Curriculum Proposal (Fed 2002)

Home School Freedom Threatened in South Africa (Jan 1999)

Home Schooling in South Africa (Oct 1997)

South Africa: The Struggle for the Freedom to Home School (May 1997)


 Country Information

Legal status of home schooling:
Legalized by national education law, but each province has authority to set its own standards.

Compulsory attendance law:
varies in each province.

Estimated number of home schoolers:
5000 families.

 Contact Information

Leendert van Oostrum, President
Pestalozzi Trust Legal Defence Fund for Home Education
P.O. Box 12332
QUEENSWOOD
1021
Republic of South Africa
Telephone +27-12-330-1337
Fax: +27-12-331-1018
Website: http://pestalozzi.org
E-mail: defensor@pestalozzi.org

Graham and Allison Shortridge
Theocentric Christian Education
Cape Town, South Africa
Web: http://www.homeschool-tce.co.za
E-mail: tcecc@mweb.co.za or tce@homeschool-tce.co.za

Theocentric Christian Education Needs:

We would like you to pray for us at Theocentric Christian Education (TCE) for God’s continued guidance. Our aim is to train children and young people in the Biblical worldview by supplying them with a system that is based on the character qualities of God.

Because we believe that we need to have well-educated Christians out there, the academic standard of our system is high. The system itself requires dedication, commitment, self-discipline and plain hard work from both parents and children, and we believe that this training is also extremely valuable, and actually essential, if we are to produce Christian leaders of a high caliber for future generations. Because we believe that all of us need to be accountable to God, to one another and to the T.C.E. system, we have tests and exams, so that children really have to learn their work and not just think that they “know” it without ever having to prove it. We have families come and go because of the high standard, which some claim is too high and unnecessary, and this can be discouraging at times. Some believe that children should not be under any pressure and thus reject the idea of a structured curriculum, and of course, tests and exams. However, we believe that we need to be faithful to what God has called us to do, and we trust Him to send us enough customers to keep us in business!

So when you pray for us, we would humbly ask that you pray that we will keep our vision clear and not be tempted to compromise; also, that we will hear clearly what the Lord wants us to do and in what direction we need to further develop the system (it is still really in the pioneering stage).

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