⚖️Pestalozzi Trust⚖️ 🚨BELA UPDATE - Minister confirms BELA Act NOT in force. ‼️Minster of Basic Education has confirmed in a letter to the Trust that BELA Act is not in force. ‼️BELA Act will come into force when the commencement date is determined in the Govt. Gazette. ‼️Follow up letters will be sent [...]
What Does The Law Say On Homeschooling? Sections 3 and 51 of the SA Schools Act, 84 of 1996, have a bearing on homeschooling. Also read more at this link under the section “Registration”. Section 3. Compulsory attendance. (1) Subject to this Act and any applicable provincial law, every parent must cause every learner for whom he or she [...]
Homeschooler, Jurjen van der Eems A horological journey! Jurjen van der Eems said: “I was home educated, and we followed an eclectic approach, that allowed me to follow my own interests”. Jurjen van der Eems a horologist student, has won the Guild/BHI Prize for 2023, and receives a £500 Cousins tool voucher. His success, achieving [...]
I ‘ve noted a lot of confusion, especially in South Africa, about the term – homeschooling, and I have reason to believe, it is a direct result of some institutions, incorrectly (and sometimes even purposely) adopting this word in their logos, and advertising their services, under this term. To best start the explanation between the [...]
The Gauteng Association for Homeschooling appeared before Parliament this week on Tuesday, 29 November 2022. Our mission was simple, though not easy at all: to request the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education (the PCBE) to reconsider the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill provisions that pertain to home education. In June 2022, we submitted [...]
Attention: Mr L A Brown Dear Mrs B P Mbinqo-Gigaba, Chairperson: Portfolio Committee on Basic Education RE: BASIC EDUCATION LAWS AMMENDMENT BILL – Concerns about home education sections. The Gauteng Association for Homeschooling welcomes the opportunity to comment on the BELA Bill which is now before the Portfolio Committee of Basic Education. A. Introduction [...]
As the chairperson for the Gauteng Association for homeschooling, I had the delightful honor of being invited to South Africa’s first “working group” meeting, with the Department of Education here in Gauteng on Wednesday, 18 May 2022. The meeting was scheduled to run for 4 hours, starting at 10am, with the intention of informing the government [...]
There are a number of systems available from which to study. The trouble is, which one does one choose? Most of the so-called ‘elite’ private schools use either IEB or Cambridge. All state schools are obligated to use the DBE systems, which is basically CAPS. It might help to understand some of the history of [...]
The SA Homeschool Beat went to South Africa’s first ever athletics race event, which took place at Laerskool Wonderboom on Saturday, 26 February 2022. This massively successful event was inspired by Eben and Michelle Steyn, who did an absolutely amazing job at co coordinating the entire event. What they did was divide the teams into [...]
Dear Homeschooler, In South Africa and worldwide, we are observing a changing paradigm in education. In reflecting on the future readiness of their children and taking on self-responsibility, more and more parents are moving away from state-run education to other alternatives. This is especially evident in the fast-growing movement towards homeschooling – South Africa is [...]
