Homeschooling is rising in Australia after parents became increasingly aware of the content schools were teaching children during COVID-19 lockdowns.
Queensland’s Department of Education revealed in October that home school registrations rose 69 percent, from 5,008 to 8,461, between 2021 and 2022 (pdf).
“Home education has been growing in Australia steadily for a number of years now,” said Karen Chegwidden, president of the Home Education Association, Australia’s peak body for home educators.
“We’ve seen spikes in growth throughout the pandemic, but no one expected such a huge increase in Queensland this year.”
In Western Australia, the number has increased by 35 percent in the past year to around 6,000, reported the ABC….