School rejects home learner - update

 SkoolA Pretoria high school has reversed its decision to reject an application for a former home learner to enter the school for Grade 8.

The school reconsidered its position after representations from the parent. The parent was supported by the Pestalozzi Trust and assited by a former member of the Pestalozzi Board of Trustees.
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Onwettige toelatingseksamens

“Van die kinders wat tuisonderwys ontvang wou terugkeer na ons skool maar kon nie die toelatingseksamen slaag nie" - Dr JM Theunissen, Hoof : Hoërskool Overkruin, Pretoria

Zambi Skolenuus September 2006
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School threatens mother
A homeschooling mother who recently moved to a new town is to be "investigated" by the local school.
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Achievers

Cássia Mildner, Piano

Cássia Mildner
Cassia Mildner (10) from Northern Cape
Cássia recieved an average of 87% for five entries in piano under ten at the recent Upington Eistedfod. Her parents, Hartmuth and Sonia, have been homeschooling her since birth.

Souce: Die Gemsbok 10 Nov 2006 
 

According to our critics

SAfm

Home schooling

More and more families are deciding this is a viable option in SA. Enough for the DoE to commission formal research to either endorse or dispel the anecdotal evidence on the apparent benefits. We find out more on the official line in Afternoon Talk on Tuesday.

Announcement for a programme transmitted on 10/10/06
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On school education

Victor & Mildred Goertzel:
Rejection of the classroom is an international phenomenon and has little to do with [the nature or ethos of the school].
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News - other countries

News - South Africa

Asmal's tracks covered

Kader AsmalOn 4th October 2001, the then minister of Education, Kader Asmal, and the chariman of the Curriculum Committee, Prof Linda Chisholm, issued a media statement attacking the Pestalozzi Trust in a vicious bout of propaganda.

Strangely, the statement is now attributed to Chisholm alone in the government archives on the internet!

 
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Tuisleerders blink uit in matriek
Tuisleerders was die groep kandidate met die beste gemiddelde prestasie in die matriekeksamen van die BCVO.
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Sentenced to home education
Education Minister Naledi Pandor plans to send unruly and disruptive children home to be educated by their parents. Schools must provide them with learning materials.
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Schools 'urban war zones'
"It can therefore be estimated that children are more likely to be violated at school than at other places, making schools one of the most dangerous places for the small child..."
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School rejects home learner - update

 SkoolA Pretoria high school has reversed its decision to reject an application for a former home learner to enter the school for Grade 8.

The school reconsidered its position after representations from the parent. The parent was supported by the Pestalozzi Trust and assited by a former member of the Pestalozzi Board of Trustees.
Read more...
 
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