Comments on: Exemption – assessment http://hef.org.nz/2007/exemption-assessment/ Serving, promoting, defending and publishing for Christian and secular home educators in NZ and overseas since 1986. Thu, 17 May 2012 19:51:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Jacqui http://hef.org.nz/2007/exemption-assessment/comment-page-1/#comment-17587 Jacqui Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:33:48 +0000 http://hef.org.nz/2007/exemption-assessment/#comment-17587 Hi! Gosh that was an intense wee read, I have just received my paperwork, and have to write exemptions for 3 children(14,12,and 11), as I am reading here, I was starting to panic, but hooray, congrats to Tanja Smeets, I am feeling almost confident now;-) i must add also, this website has been the best, and what an amazing family:-) Hi!

Gosh that was an intense wee read, I have just received my paperwork, and have to write exemptions for 3 children(14,12,and 11), as I am reading here, I was starting to panic, but hooray, congrats to Tanja Smeets, I am feeling almost confident now;-)

i must add also, this website has been the best, and what an amazing family:-)

]]> By: Tanja Smeets http://hef.org.nz/2007/exemption-assessment/comment-page-1/#comment-17578 Tanja Smeets Mon, 29 Aug 2011 23:11:02 +0000 http://hef.org.nz/2007/exemption-assessment/#comment-17578 Hi there dear homeschoolers. I realized I never updated anyone on the next step of my exemption process! When you get to the secretary of the ministery, which is the end of the line(!!!), you DO NOT get turned down! This secretary just sent it back to Whangarei, where it went to the same person who had declined my exemption in the first place, but now she had to accept it. So; I homeschooled, legal and all. Never bow down when you know you are in your right, is my advice. They are not allowed to decline without a very good reason, so when you play it as far as I did, that is what you find out. Good luck everyone! Hi there dear homeschoolers. I realized I never updated anyone on the next step of my exemption process! When you get to the secretary of the ministery, which is the end of the line(!!!), you DO NOT get turned down! This secretary just sent it back to Whangarei, where it went to the same person who had declined my exemption in the first place, but now she had to accept it.
So; I homeschooled, legal and all. Never bow down when you know you are in your right, is my advice. They are not allowed to decline without a very good reason, so when you play it as far as I did, that is what you find out.
Good luck everyone!

]]> By: Aaron http://hef.org.nz/2007/exemption-assessment/comment-page-1/#comment-3479 Aaron Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:25:33 +0000 http://hef.org.nz/2007/exemption-assessment/#comment-3479 Hi all. Eek! This made for some nail biting reading. I am in the throws of researching as much as I can about home schooling as I would like to have my two out of the public school system and begin home schooling by the start of 2011. I had planned on contacting the local MoE office for an exemption application form this week, but feel I might need to read a little more and be further informed before leaping into the lions den. thanks for all the resources on this site! kind regards Aaron Hi all.

Eek! This made for some nail biting reading. I am in the throws of researching as much as I can about home schooling as I would like to have my two out of the public school system and begin home schooling by the start of 2011.

I had planned on contacting the local MoE office for an exemption application form this week, but feel I might need to read a little more and be further informed before leaping into the lions den.
thanks for all the resources on this site!
kind regards
Aaron

]]> By: admin http://hef.org.nz/2007/exemption-assessment/comment-page-1/#comment-3145 admin Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:00:10 +0000 http://hef.org.nz/2007/exemption-assessment/#comment-3145 Gidday Tanja Smeets, I would not go the route of making an appeal. The "decision is final" phrase scares me. Just make a fresh application. Remember, there are no legal or objective requirements you have to fulfill in the application...you only have to subjectively "satisfy" the ministry person reading your application. Historically, over the last 20 years, they only turn down those who prove themselves to be incompetent, or who give up, or where some terrible skeletons fall out of the closet. Stick with it, firmly and politely press the ministry person doing your application for precise details as to why the application was not approved. Recruit others you may know in the teaching profession or related fields to approve your application and say so to the ministry. There is a certain amount of playing the bureaucratic paper shuffling game involved here that we just have to put up with. This present tightening up may or may not be signalling a move to shut us down. I don't think so, since Key, Tolley and Heather Roy all speak very convincingly about more parental choice in education. But when it become clear that they ARE trying to shut us down, then WE ALL DO NEED TO BE PREPARED TO BECOME AS MAD AS HORNETS and let the MoE know we are NOT going to allow it to happen. Craig Smith Gidday Tanja Smeets,

I would not go the route of making an appeal. The “decision is final” phrase scares me. Just make a fresh application. Remember, there are no legal or objective requirements you have to fulfill in the application…you only have to subjectively “satisfy” the ministry person reading your application. Historically, over the last 20 years, they only turn down those who prove themselves to be incompetent, or who give up, or where some terrible skeletons fall out of the closet. Stick with it, firmly and politely press the ministry person doing your application for precise details as to why the application was not approved. Recruit others you may know in the teaching profession or related fields to approve your application and say so to the ministry. There is a certain amount of playing the bureaucratic paper shuffling game involved here that we just have to put up with. This present tightening up may or may not be signalling a move to shut us down. I don’t think so, since Key, Tolley and Heather Roy all speak very convincingly about more parental choice in education. But when it become clear that they ARE trying to shut us down, then WE ALL DO NEED TO BE PREPARED TO BECOME AS MAD AS HORNETS and let the MoE know we are NOT going to allow it to happen.

Craig Smith

]]> By: Tanja Smeets http://hef.org.nz/2007/exemption-assessment/comment-page-1/#comment-3090 Tanja Smeets Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:08:37 +0000 http://hef.org.nz/2007/exemption-assessment/#comment-3090 Hi Craig, I promised I would let you know what happened after my 'angry' letter to the Ministery. Well; they turned down my application! Now I have to appeal to the secretary of the Ministery, which would be my 'last chance' at exemption...We'll see! Hi Craig, I promised I would let you know what happened after my ‘angry’ letter to the Ministery. Well; they turned down my application! Now I have to appeal to the secretary of the Ministery, which would be my ‘last chance’ at exemption…We’ll see!

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