Zurich Restricts Homeschooling to State-Licensed Teachers
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The leading Swiss newspaper, Tages Anzeiger, reports that the by next summer the Canton of Zurich will restrict homeschooling rights to parents who are certified teachers. –
LifeSiteNews.com reports “Parents will only be allowed to educate their children at home when
they have a teacher’s certificate,” reported Tages Anzeiger on December
4. According to the paper there are fifty parents affected within the
Canton of Zurich.
Eight of these families so far have announced that they are
resisting the legislation, and face fines up to 5000 francs ($4100 USD)
and possible citations for disobedience of official orders. Appeals of
the Zurich decision are being filed, but so far the Education Director
has rejected all compromise solutions.
Professor Georg Stöckli of the Education Institute of the University
of Zürich says he agrees with the new restrictions: “Children from
early on have an urge to separate themselves from their parents. One
should not hinder them in this … The family alone is not enough to
satisfy the social needs of the children.”