Below is a brief submission you can copy and paste to make sure changes are made to the BELA Bill - the deadline is Friday 19 January at...

The Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill has not yet become law but as it is in essence identical to the Policy on Home Education...

This is the first in a series of ten articles setting out, you guessed it, ten reasons for home schoolers to reject the BELA Bill....

Impact The Bill is expected to increase school mergers and closures, particularly in rural areas. It will impact primary schools with 135...

[Updated 14 February 24 to reflect changes to clause numbers] Impact The Bill is expected to increase school mergers and closures,...

Today, Friday, 5 May, parliament’s public hearings on the Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (BELA Bill) resume in Gauteng. The...

Hon. Chair, Hon. Members, Staff of the Portfolio Committee and parliament, officials from the Department, fellow stakeholders, observers...

The Western Cape Education Department plans to make provision for the registration of online schools and is calling for public comment on...

LearnFree is a volunteer organization of business people, professionals and academics working together to provide support to those...

Based on the amount of discussion on social media the most perplexing decision that home educators have to make, second only to deciding...

If you are of a certain generation you will know that who you have to thank is, “Boland, Boland Bank” but is it possible that the DBE is...

At the end of last year the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education issued its annual report. The report notes that one of the major goals...

When we think of “Education in South Africa” we think of children dying in pit latrines, parents sending their children off to school...

Spring Day 2018 had an important significance for Home Educators, because after waiting with bated breath for the new Policy on Home...