Homeschooling

From Wikipedia:
"Homeschooling"

1.)    Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions:

-          Sierra Leone, Greenland, Costa Rica, Cuba, Brazil (still 800-2,000 families homeschool), El Salvador, Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, North Korea, Turkey, Albania, Andorra, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, San Marino

2.)    Illegal with exceptions:

-          South Korea: Prohibited by law, but law is unclear and the cause is supported by business leaders, therefore homeschoolers do not generally experience issues with authorities.

-          Bulgaria: Illegal, public education is mandatory. Only children with special needs may be homeschooled under strict government control (Fewer than 100 families homeschooled.)

-          Germany:  Illegal, public or approved private education is mandatory with the only exception being where continued school attendance would create undue hardship for an individual child (400 families homeschooled.)

-          Netherlands: Illegal, public education is mandatory, with some exceptions (400 children homeschooled.)

-          Sweden: Illegal, as of June 2010; supposedly allowed under special circumstances such as student health reasons or family travel, but virtually never approved.

3.)    Legal:

-          Kenya: Legal.

-          South Africa:    Legal as alternative to the mandatory public school system (Estimated between 30,000 and 100,000 childrem homeschooled)

-          Canada: Legal under regulating conditions (Alberta – regulation, British Columbia – registration, Manitoba – permit, Newfoundland – permit, New Brunswick – permit, Northwest Territories – regulation, Nova Scotia – regulation, Ontario – regulation, Prince Edward Island – regulation, Quebec – permit, Saskatchewan – permit, Yukon – regulation) (Estimated 60,000 children homeschooled)

-          United States:  Legal under regulating conditions, varies by state. (Around 2.5 million children homeschooled)

-          Belize:   Expats have right to homeschool. Compulsory attendance is unclear for citizens.

-          Colombia:   Legal. Regulated by the Ministry of Education and the ICFES (Colombian Institute for the Promotion of Higher Education). The student would have to present a Public Validation Test and a State Test (Similar to SAT) if he/she wants to go to College.

-          Mexico:   Legal as long as the student is registered, which can be a lengthy bureaucratic process. Compulsory attendance laws are unclear.

-          Peru:  Legal. Prior registration with the Ministerio de Educación is required.

-          Suriname:   Legal.

-          Hong Kong: Legal.

-          India:  Legal as alternative to the mandatory public school system (0.5 to 2.71 million children  homeschooled.)

-          Indonesia:  Legal as alternative to the mandatory public school system.

-          Israel:  Legal under regulating conditions (Estimated 500-1000 children homeschooled.)

-          Japan: Legal.

-          Kazakhstan: Not illegal, but not provided by law. Legal and provided for gifted and disabled students. Door to door checks conducted regularly. Legal for non-residents.

-          Philippines:  Legal (4,000 children homeschooled.)

-          Taiwan: Legal since 2011.

-          Thailand: Legal since 1992.

-          Austria:  Legal under restrictive conditions, homeschooling is allowed as long as the instruction is at least equal to that of the state school (2,100 children homeschooled.)

-          Belgium:  Legal under restrictive conditions, Homeschooling is a constitutional right in Belgium (500 children homeschooled).

-          Czech Republic:  Legal under restrictive conditions by law as alternative for primary school, legal under restrictive conditions by temporary experimental minister´s order as alternative for secondary school (500 children homeschooled.)

-          Denmark:  Legal as alternative to the mandatory public school system (300 children homeschooled.)

-          Estonia:  Legal under control of school. Every homeschooled child must be supervised by an authorized school (can be a private school) and pass annual exams. Homeschooled children receive diploma from supervising school (Fewer than 100 children homeschooled.)

-          Finland:  Legal as alternative to the mandatory public school system. Written and oral examinations to check on progress are mandatory (400-600 children homeschooled.)

-          France:  Legal as alternative to the mandatory public school system. Inspections are mandatory every year (5,063 children homeschooled.)

-          Hungary: Legal under restrictive conditions. Every homeschooled child must be supervised by an authorized school and pass annual exams. Homeschooled children received diplomas from supervising school (7,400 children homeschooled.)

-          Iceland: Legal only for holders of teaching certificates, in other cases public education is mandatory.

-          Ireland: Legal, homeschooling is allowed by the constitution (1,100 children homeschooled.)

-          Italy:  Legal, homeschooling is allowed by the constitution.

-          Latvia: Legal under control of school. Every homeschooled child must be supervised by an authorized school (can be a private school) and pass annual exams. Homeschooled children receive diploma from supervising school (Fewer than 100 children homeschooled.)

-          Luxembourg: Legal, for primary school age.

-          Norway: Legal (400 children homeschooled.)

-          Poland:  Legal under restrictive conditions. Every home schooled child must be supervised by an authorized school (can be a private school) and pass annual exams. Home schooled children received diplomas from supervising school.

-          Portugal: Legal. Children living longer than 4 months in Portugal must attend school by law. Home education under Portuguese national curriculum only. Mandatory annual exams in Portuguese.

-          Romania: Legal under restrictive conditions. Children with disabilities, special needs or whose condition does not allow them to be physically present in a school may be home-schooled, under the supervision of an accredited teacher.

-          Russia: Legal since 1992, law sometimes ignored and not made legal.

-          Serbia: Legal.

-          Slovakia: Legal, under restrictive conditions (only ill children, or ages 6-10).

-          Slovenia:  Legal.

-          Switzerland:  Legal in about three quarters of the cantons, with many being restrictive to very restrictive (200-500 children homeschooled.)

-          Ukraine: Legal and expressly allowed for in Articles 59 and 60 of Ukraine’s Education Law (100 families homeschooled.)

-          United Kingdom:  Legal as alternative to the mandatory state school system (20,000 to 100,000 children homeschooled.)

-          Australia:  Legal as alternative to the mandatory public school system (15,000 children homeschooled.)

-          New Zealand: Legal as alternative to the mandatory public school system (6,500 children homeschooled.)

4.)  Unknown:

-     Panama:   Unclear, for it is neither legal nor illegal.

-     Spain:  Unknown, as Constitution recognises freedom of education, but national education law stipulates that compulsory education must be met through school attendance.

^ I do not personally believe that homeschooling is the best option, but do believe that it should be legal as a regulated option. ^

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeschooling_international_status_and_statistics