Registration for Home Education

Parents who want to provide home education for their children must register with the WCED.

The Department will approve the application if the applicant can satisfy it that:

• The registration is in the interests of the learner.
• The education provided at home will meet the minimum requirements of the curriculum at public schools.
• The home education will be of a standard not inferior to the standard of education provided at public schools.
• The parents will comply with any other reasonable conditions set by the Head of Education.

Registration can be withdrawn. Before this can happen, the Head of Education must:

• Inform the parent and give reasons for the withdrawal.
• Give the parent an opportunity to make representations.

A parent can appeal to the provincial Minister of Education against a refusal to register a learner or the withdrawal of a registration.

Records to keep after registering

• Record of attendance.
• Portfolio of your child’s work.
• Up-to-date records of your child’s progress.
• Portfolio of the educational support given to your child.
• Evidence of the continuous assessment of your child’s work.
• Evidence of the assessment and or examination at the end of each year.
• Evidence at the end of grade 3,6 and 9, that shows whether your child has achieved the outcomes for these grades.
• The portfolio of evidence for at least three (3) years.
• A summative record or assessment schedule for three years after the home education programme is terminated.

If a learner who has been registered for home education is later admitted to a public or registered independent school, the parent must request the Head of Education in writing to end the learner's registration for home education.