Statement by the Pestalozzi Trust     25th March 2011 Judge  Cynthia Pretorius confirmed in die Pretoria High Court today that the state curriculum is not binding on independent schools and parents who educate their children at home. The judge rejected an application by homeschooling parents and private schools to declare the curriculum non-binding. She decided that a Constitutional Court verdict from 2001 made the application unnecessary. Mr. Bouwe van der Eems of...

Having attended the court case on the enforceability of the curriculum, I was struck again by the injustice of citizens being forced to expend such vast amounts of money, time and energy simply to be allowed their explicitly stated constitutional rights and freedoms. Having thought about the arguments presented to the court over two days, I also considered the possible consequences for homeschoolers.It seems to me that there are likely outcomes,...