In perhaps a wake up call to schools, interestingly, home schooling didn’t just increase due to Covid, it already was on the rise according to these Conversation graphics.

Home education, sometimes called homeschooling, is when children are educated outside a formal institution like a school.

Parents of home-educated children are wholly responsible for facilitating their child’s learning. This is different to distance education, where a student is enrolled in a school and taught by a teacher, but the lessons are delivered remotely (similar to what happened during lockdown when schools were closed).

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