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Do we need alternative education for the young?
Indonesian parents are still not given enough room to manage educational programs for the young based on our aspirations, needs and interests. Homeschooling, for instance, is considered as an alternative for better education for the kids, which is now a common phenomenon in the country, is not yet recognized. As a result, when we are attempting to homeschool a child, he/she will most likely be in trouble in the future as he/she enters formal education due to its questionable legal status.
In the U.S. and Canada, homeschooling has been legalized and accommodated in their school system. For parents who want to homeschool their children, the school district by law, has the obligation to provide parents with the necessary things to help them carry the educational program at home.
The school district will provide the right curriculum along with books, and other teaching facilities. Parents are also entitled to have their children get tested by the schools when they need the academic credential and recognition at any level the children have achieved.
The idea of homeschooling in the U.S. was first introduced to respond to the societal needs of school choice. The public school system was then considered unable to properly carry out its main mission providing the youngsters with a safe and healthy environment so that they could develop their intellectual, social and spiritual competencies.
People became skeptical and almost lost confidence in the public school system until it came up with this new idea of educating the young at home. Here, homeschooling is a new phenomenon, as an alternative education. It is still far beyond the Ministry of National Education's agenda.