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Is home/online schooling something you’re considering?

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I saw an article on New24 about how more and more South African parents are turning to home or online schooling rather than traditional achools. A lot of the reason is, understandbly, financial with one parent saying that rather than the R15 000/month she would have had to pay for private schooling for her children she now only pays R950/month.

Other parents said that the rigid curriculum and relentless pressure at traditional schools were what led their decisions, something I can buy into 100%. As I say in this clip, the freedom to express himself and not have to stick to ridiculously old-fashioned rules some of the schools insist on clinging on to, are some of the things that mean I would be happy enough to let my son do home/online schooling when the time comes:

Here is a link to the original New24 article: https://www.news24.com/southafrica/education/steep-private-fees-soul-destroying-curriculum-see-online-learning-homeschooling-soar-20250813-1199

 

Written by: David Bishop

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