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In the current educational landscape, the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) is grappling with significant budget cuts. Parents are up in arms, because these cuts threaten thousands of teacher positions, in turn affecting the quality of education in schools. While the situation is understandably worrying for many, it also opens up an opportunity to reconsider the administrative burden of home learner registration. Homeschoolers across the province repeatedly called for greater freedom...