Desperate parents wait months for departmental approval

Despite the number of education at home, the audit found that Nesa’s staff did not increase to meet the demand and that the processing periods led to 63 percent growth in the same period.

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He also found that the educational department and Nesa were koruma Protecting the continuity of education in and out of these environments ”.

In the last five years, less than 2 percent of the students studying at home participated in the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Arithmetic (Naplan) tests. Students studying at home cannot sit in HSC, but they can complete an alternative through TAFE.

In the report, NSW examined the Alternative School in NSW, including distance education, home education, hospital schools, intensive learning support schools and Youth Justice Center Schools.

In accordance with the education law, a student cannot start studying at home until he is registered. During the waiting period, they are legally required to go to school, which may cause stress for parents and children.

Sydney Home Education Network President Vivienne Fox gave her five children at home. He said that long application waiting times could be destructive for families.

“Schools will chase them and send notifications every day for absenteeism that cannot be explained even in cases where parents give doctor certificates. [for their child]”He said.

“Schools can be really hard and can make life very miserable for these families,” he said.

In the report, waiting for the processing of the records was faced with stressful and potential prosecution for families who knew that they are potentially subject to child protection reports on the grounds of education negligence ”.

Vicky Wuen, who trained his two children at home, said that long waiting times were not surprising. Although it has a positive experience with the department, it explains long wait when saving their children, which is a process that needs to be renewed every two years.

“You have time and you’re not stressful, so it’s three or four months.

“I think the Ministry of Education, if there is an increasing demand for people to study at home, should really accept that they must fuse the home education unit sufficiently to ensure that they can address this demand.”

Courtney Houssos, Deputy Minister of Education and Early Learning, said the state government will accept all proposals from the general auditor report.

“We are determined to ensure that students access the school that best meets their needs and support their learning, so that parents can make conscious decisions about their children’s education,” he said.

The department spokesperson, “Students and their families to strengthen the support with the home education community, including priority to work, including some of the problems already dealt with,” he said.

In a statement, Nesa said that the surveillance of home education was carried by other Australian judicial powers to the aligned NSW from the judicial authority.

“The movement provides enough support to meet the needs of families studying at home,” he said.

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