South Africans read about a crisis in schools on almost a daily base. During last week, a new crisis was reported, namely that corporal punishment is still administered at schools. Since corporal punishment has been used in schools for hundreds of years and is generally regarded by parents and teachers as an effective means to discipline children, schools have not stopped administering corporal punishment after it became illegal in 1996. This...

Inligting oor die regstatus van tuisonderwys in Suid-Afrika wat deur die media en staatsamptenare verskaf word is dikwels verwarrend vir ouers. Die doel van hierdie artikel om die regsstatus van tuisonderwys in Suid-Afrika te verduidelik met verwysings na bronne sodat ouers die feite vir hulleself kan verifieer. The regsituasie is dat internasionale reg, die Suid-Afrikaanse grondwet en die SA Skolewet voorsiening maak daarvoor dat kinders geregistreer kan word vir onderwys tuis....