Home Schooling - Advantages and Disadvantages

Homeschooling has become a controversial issue in recent years. Homeschooling opponents opine that it is not an alternative pathway for education alongside the standard public educational system because there are still many flaws existing in this system. Homeschooling is not an effective approach to provide children with education due to scarcities of qualified educators, homeschooled children unable to well develop their social life as well as parents have to invest massive time and dedication. Parents act as arbitrator in their childrens education. They hope that through homeschooling they can convey the message they want to for their children. In reality, homeschooling is not as easy as they think. It takes decades to judge the success of their choice. Therefore, homeschooling is a high risk venture. According to Ray 2002 , there are approximately 1.6 2.0 million children being taught under homeschooling by their parents. Homeschooled families grow at estimated rate of 7 15 percent per year. According to the statistics of HSLDA 2010 , the main reason parents choose homeschooling is religious conviction, which is about 49 15 agree that homeschooling can provide a positive social environment 14 are for academic excellence 12 choose homeschooling because of their childrens specific needs and 5 are for flexibility and curriculum choice. The advantages to homeschooling range in scope and effect. It depends upon the person teaching, their circumstances and their ability. The advantages also rely on the characteristics or nature of the student or students involved. Gurpreet Kaur "Home Schooling - Advantages and Disadvantages" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-2 , February 2018, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd8335.pd