Home Schooling Laws in Canada.
Canada has a great and rapidly growing home schooling movement, with about 1 percent of Canadian school age children being home schooled, according to different reports. Home education is legal and more and more popular in Canada as is legal in every province and territory. Every province has its own Education Act and Regulations.
The freedom of conscience and religion and the right to liberty under section 2(a) and section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees all parents the right to educate their children in accordance with their religious convictions.
In Canada, parents enjoy a basic constitutional right to educate their children in the religion of their choice. The Canadian common law recognizes that parents are in the best position to take care of their children and make all the decisions necessary to ensure their happiness.
It is important to get to know about the law of province where parents selected home schooling live in. This can help them to avoid a lot of problems and concerns by being accurately informed. For prepaid legal defense and assistance, parents should make contact with Home School Legal Defense Association of Canada. HSLDA offers a free summary of every province's home school law.
It is important to note that some boards of education in some provinces have their own policies as for home schooling. According to these polices home schooling families must:
• get approval to homeschool
• have their children assessed periodically
• follow to board curriculum guidelines
• provide the board with proof of satisfactory instruction
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