Registration – Who will have the final word? Part 1 &2
by Christopher Cordeiro (LearnFree) Registration – Who will have the final word? Part 1 The issue of registration causes quite a bit of confusion and debate among home educators. These debates often...
View ArticleHome Education Registration Survey: Why does registration pose so many...
It is estimated that between 70% and 95% of home educators are not registered with a provincial education department. But now we need hard data to show the education department and parliament what the...
View ArticleOrange Alert – BELA goes to Parliament
On the 6th of December 2021 the Minister of Basic Education published an “Explanatory Note” in the Government Gazette. This sets out for parliament what a bill, that a Minister is about to table, is...
View ArticleREGISTRATIONS REFUSED
Background: In a Facebook post on Monday (17.01.2022), the Trust reported that parents who attempted to register their children for home education have been refused registration. In December, this...
View ArticleURGENT: CALLING ON ALL HOME EDUCATORS
The moment has come! The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education (PCBE) is requesting written submissions on the BELA Bill. This means they want to hear from you! Read the advert here. The PCBE is the...
View ArticleYOUR TEMPLATES ARE HERE!
As promised, here are some letter templates which can assist you in writing your letter to parliament. Choose one, open the file on your computer, and write away! Each template consists of two parts:...
View ArticleSASA (and the BELA Bill) is not the home for home education
[Here is a link to the Word template and the online template for you to use in your comment.] Shakespeare asks “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as...
View ArticleEntering the home stretch – 7 days left to get your BELA Bill submissions in!
You have just seven days left to send your BELA Bill submission to the PCBE (Portfolio Committee on Basic Education). During the previous round of commentary in 2017 homeschoolers sent in their...
View ArticleKZN Registration Crisis: Pestalozzi Trust takes legal action against KZN MEC
On-going rejections of application for registration by home educators in KZN have led the Pestalozzi Trust to take legal action against the MEC for Education in KZN. This is the first challenge...
View ArticleRed Alert
Write your Submission on the BELA Bill and submit it to the NCOP: Here’s how! The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) will close the period for submissions on the BELA Bill at 16:00, on the 19th of...
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