Home Schooling Laws in Switzerland.
Home education is legal but not well known in Switzerland. However there are a great number of support organizations which can help in organizing the home schooling process, give all necessary information and advice.
Governmental laws concerning home education of children in Switzerland vary greatly in different regions. Home schooling families have to register with their town and communicate with the town school board.
Switzerland is very community oriented. Building and preserving relationships with local people are very important for everyone.
Families in distant farms or families with other mobile professions are frequently permitted home school easily. International or temporary families are also permitted to home school their children as it is supposed that the family is temporarily in Switzerland.
Local families have to get permission to home school. They are also required to obtain annual and weekly plans.
Besides, school official visits a home schooling family every year. In some regions restricting the freedom of parents to educate their children at home may be against the national constitution and laws.
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