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The globalist have a new ESA plan to take back control of homeschoolers who have detached from their system of influence.

Homeschooling through a human rights lens

https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000395671

https://doi.org/10.54675/CSLU9233

Homeschooling through a human rights lens

https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/homeschooling-through-human-rights-lens

UN Targets Homeschooling

https://christedu.org/news/un-targets-homeschooling

What you need to know about homeschooling through a human rights lens

https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/what-you-need-know-about-homeschooling-through-human-rights-lens

Goal 4: Education - United Nations Sustainable Development

https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/education/

UN Chapters Around the Country

https://rumble.com/vm5z83-un-chapters-around-the-country.html

The United Nations Report on Homeschooling

https://pestalozzi.org/en/the-united-nations-report-on-homeschooling-what-it-means-for-families/

School Corruption Of Our Little Ones UNESCO/ WHO's International Standard for Sex Education

https://rumble.com/vpxkvs-school-corruption-of-our-little-ones-unesco-whos-international-standard-for.html

Key Themes and Areas of Concern

1. Parental Freedom

The report acknowledges that parents have the right to direct their children’s education, but it also links this right to the state’s ability to set minimum standards.

2. Oversight and Home Visits

The report mentions inspections and home visits as ways to monitor homeschooling.

In South Africa, we can be very grateful this was removed from the BELA Act:

home visits are not permitted in our law. Families must remain vigilant to ensure that this hard-won protection is not eroded in future policy debates.
The Trust, therefore, urges all parents, whether members or not, to resist even voluntary home visits.

3. Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE)

The report promotes CSE and questions if home schoolers are receiving sufficient education in this area. In South Africa, officials have already stated that families who reject CSE should place their children in independent schools or homeschool them.

This is, therefore, not an immediate threat for homeschoolers in South Africa. We must, however, vigorously challenge any promotion of state-determined sex education in home schooling.

4. Socialisation

The report repeats the longstanding claim that homeschooling may limit socialisation.
The report also notes that socialisation may not be lacking. It seems that it is difficult to prove the level of socialisation that most home schoolers enjoy to policymakers who have a naïve belief in the positive benefits of socialisation in schools.
We know that schools do socialise well but that it is often negative socialization. A fundamental shift in outlook is needed.

It is worth noting, however, that the report also acknowledges that when parents homeschool, they often remove some of the most capable and engaged families from the conventional schooling system.

This observation inadvertently recognizes the strength of the homeschooling community, even while framing it as a concern for schools.

5. International Differences

The report reviews legal approaches worldwide.
In England and Wales, notification is treated as equivalent to registration, which is less intrusive than South Africa’s current model.

In Germany, by contrast, homeschooling remains illegal.
These contrasts show the wide latitude states have and underscore the importance of defending South Africa’s space for homeschooling.

https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000395671

UN documents are the products of committees, and as such they reflect compromise.

Statements that affirm rights are usually consensus positions that few dispute, in this case the parental right to choose.
By contrast, areas labelled as “concerns” often indicate the real divisions.

For home schoolers, these are the points that require the most scrutiny and resistance when the impact our rights.

Looking Ahead

The UN report will not change South African law.

But it will influence policy debates in the Department of Basic Education,
in Parliament, and in academic circles in the future.
The positive points such as the strong statement on the right to choose and the statements that freedom of curriculum choice exists in SA are important aspects to build on.

It is crucial for the homeschooling community to engage critically with such reports:
to reinforce the affirmations of parental rights and to oppose measures that expand state control.

UN Recognizes Parental Rights in United States

https://hslda.org/post/un-recognizes-parental-rights-in-united-states

What is an Education Savings Account (ESA)? - EdChoice

https://www.edchoice.org/school-choice/education-savings-account/

Financing Education | United Nations

https://www.un.org/en/transforming-education-summit/financing-education

Topic no. 310, Coverdell education savings accounts

https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc310

SEXUALITY EDUCATION - World Health Organization

https://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/379043/Sexuality_education_Policy_brief_No_1.pdf

International Guidelines on Sexuality Education

https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/8556521DD9D4A9E64925762000240120-UNESCO-Aug2009.pdf