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MOE Policy Letter
Thursday, November 4th, 20046 August 2004
Dear Barbara
Thank you for your email of 8 July 2004 concerning homeschooling.
As you are aware the Ministry of Education has been modifying the form used by applicants wishing to homeschool their children. Many homeschoolers have responded to these changes with requests for greater involvement both in the detail of the changes to the [...]
NCHENZ Submission Re: Draft Exemption Application
Thursday, November 4th, 2004IMPORTANT?? PLEASE READ:
Over the past two months the National Council of Home Educators, New Zealand Inc has been working to complete a comprehensive submission to the MOE about their proposed exemption changes. The document is now in a final form and NCHENZ have agreed to a copy being uploaded to the HEF Webpage.
You can support [...]
MHE Submission Re: Draft Exemption Application
Thursday, November 4th, 2004SUBMISSION OF
MANAWATU HOME EDUCATORS INCORPORATED
TO THE
MINISTRY OF EDUCATIONONDRAFT CHANGES TO ITS DESK FILE WHICH ESTABLISHES PROCEDURES FOR MOE STAFF DEALING WITH APPLICATIONS FOR EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 20 OF THE EDUCATION ACT 1989.The Manawatu Home Educators (MHE) would like to endorse the two submissions below.
MHE does not belong to either of the groups, [...]
Home Education Foundation Submission Re: Draft Exemption Application
Thursday, November 4th, 200415 November 2004Submission on MoE’s Homeschooling Desk File
Draft of the Exemption Application FormI. Introductory comments:Home educators have met with Ministry of Education (MoE) staff in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland with mixed results. A common problem is that the MoE staff, understandably, have a difficult time seeing things from the perspective of home educators. In meetings [...]
Draft Exemption Application Comments
Thursday, November 4th, 2004We have until the end of this month, November 2004, to make submissions on the Ministry of Education’s Draft Exemption Application Form. The??Privacy Statement ?? the MoE has included on this form is, in my opinion, totally unacceptable. (See my comments below under point 8 of section III, Bad things about the Draft Application Form.) [...]
The Draft Pack
Thursday, November 4th, 2004Draft Exemption Application
DRAFT SECTION 3: Applications
3.1 INFORMATION LETTER TO PARENTS
(date)Dear Parent/Caregiver
Kia ora. Nga mihi nui ki a koe.
Thank you for your request for information on homeschooling for your child. I enclose an application form for your use should you decide to apply.
The Education Act 1989 There are no changes to this section.
In New Zealand it [...]
Draft Exemption Application
Thursday, November 4th, 2004The following is a letter from Kay Phillips regarding the proposed changes to the exemption application pack.
7 July 2004
Dear Homeschooler
Thank you for your recent email/s concerning improvements to the application form and information pack provided to people seeking an exemption from enrolment at school under section 21 of the Education Act 1989. Some of you [...]
MoE Policy Letter
Monday, November 1st, 2004MoE Policy Letter Comments
Home educators have met with MoE staff to talk about the MoE’s Draft Exemption Application in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland with mixed results. A common problem is that the MoE staff, understandably, has a difficult time seeing things from our perspective. They are mystified why we would get so worked up over [...]
National Curriculum guidelines
Sunday, June 4th, 2000Here is a letter from the Ministry saying Home Educators do not need to follow the National Curriculum Guidelines, the list of subjects on the Exemption Application. Use them if you like, but you are free to change them around to quite an extent. Dennis Hughes and Derek Miller of the Ministry of Education in [...]