Posted on 09/22/2019 3:06:32 AM PDT by a little elbow grease
GENEVA, Switzerland, September 18, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) -- Switzerland’s top court ruled that parents do not have a right to homeschool their children.
On Monday, the Swiss Federal Court ruled against a mother from the city of Basel who in 2017 had applied for permission to school her 8-year-old son at home. School authorities rejected the application and a cantonal court threw out the mother’s appeal.
When she brought her case to the Federal Court, the mother held that the appeal court’s decision was tantamount to a ban on private instruction at home, thus violating a constitutional right to privacy and family life.
The high court, however, rejected the mother’s argument, ruling that the constitutional right to a private life does not also apply to homeschooling. The court noted that no international treaty grants a right to homeschooling.
In addition, the Federal Court ruled that Switzerland’s cantons may decide whether to authorize homeschooling or to ban it outright. In Basel, homeschooling is allowed if applicants can show that the child’s attendance at school is impossible. The Federal Court had ruled earlier that national law does not explicitly grant a right to private instruction at home. Nevertheless, it ruled that cantons may decide how they comply with federal requirements for basic education.
Cantons are semi-sovereign administrative divisions that make up the Swiss federation.
(snip) --- Swiss Broadcasting Corporation reported that Franziska Peterhans said her organization, which is an umbrella association for teachers, opposes homeschooling. "Not every family can afford the resources needed to teach their children at home, so it creates inequalities in society,” she said. “Many children who are homeschooled have less interaction with their peers outside the family, so are less socialized."
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Welcome to Nazi, Europe.
USA next.
Rights are inherent, not granted by a government
Excellent points. The impersonality and cliquishness of large public schools - along with bullying - are well-known problems, along with diminishing academic standards.
Correct. Most children make few close friends at school because the children are drawn from a relatively large area. Most of the other students remain strangers with - at most - a vaguely familiar face. Most of your friends tend to be children from your own neighborhood, who - as you say - you associate with in small groups, and who you interact with even if you don’t go to the same school.
Rights are inherent, not granted by a government
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Yes indeed.
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