Expert sounds caution on homeschooling

With hundreds of parents being forced to explore the option of educating their children at home, a senior education specialist is cautioning that the Ministry of Education should be consulted before homeschooling is decided on.

In recent years several groups have been promoting homeschooling, and the issue has become more attractive to many parents due to the COVID-19 pandemic, where the formal school system has become almost non-operational.

Dr Lorraine Vernal—who is Director of Family, Women’s, Children and Adolescent Ministries at the Jamaica Union of Seventh-day Adventist—said the Education Ministry needs to be involved in the process, as the laws governing the rights of children must be observed.

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