Home schooling: Raising safe children or ‘unprepared’ children

According to the data given by Careers360 in August 2023, over 72,000 children are currently receiving home-based education. With Tamil Nadu containing the highest number of home schooled children (11,400). Followed by Uttar Pradesh with 10,935 students, Kerala with 6733 students. Maharashtra with 6247 students and Andhra Pradesh with 5878 home schooled students. Home schooling: Raising safe

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The concept of homeschooling children initially gained popularity in the 1970s as parents began to lose confidence in traditional schooling patterns. The trend continued to grow among the western and European countries and soon reached India. Today it is seen as a growing trend that offers parents an alternative to provide their children education at home. The debate if homeschooling kids is good or not remains as old as the tradition itself. Home schooling: Raising safe

While, on one hand, homeschooling provides greater educational freedom, it also requires much much more money, resources and energy from both the parents’ and child’s side on the other. Similarly, getting the child involved in a traditional school environment would inculcate values like teamwork, sharing, competence and independence but there are always chances of the kid getting involved in bad company.

As per the Indian Express, “breaking stereotypes of grades and ranks, parents across the country are opting to home school their kids. With no fixed curriculum, time to explore hobbies and proper certifications. Parents say the unconventional format could become every child’s playbook if fear of the unknown takes a backseat. While this stands to be true, one cannot ignore the “lack of real-life socialization” factor in case of home schooled kids.

It is therefore, rightly said that every coin has two sides because clearly while some parents might see. Home schooling their children a great opportunity to provide them “safe education”. Others might consider the traditional schooling methods to ensure their child’s development. Home schooling: Raising safe