Assessment and Certification Rules and Procedures for Home Schools
Home School provisions
Home schoolers and other persons who are not enrolled in a school are eligible to enter for standards through an accredited provider. Associated administrative costs are a matter for negotiation between the candidate and the provider.
A home-schooled student who wishes to enter for achievement or unit standards must establish a link with
- a registered school, or
- an approved tertiary provider.
The school, or tertiary provider, must have the relevant National Qualifications Framework accreditation.
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A home-schooled student who wishes to enter for Scholarship and has not completed their secondary education in a previous year must establish a link with an accredited secondary school and attest to their eligibility through a Justice of the Peace using the appropriate form (opposite).
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Applications for home-school students wishing to enter through a link school must be made on the appropriate form (opposite).
Entry and Eligibility
The home-schooled student, irrespective of the nature of the link school or tertiary provider, must meet all entry and eligibility criteria as specified in the Assessment and Examination Rules and Procedures for Secondary Schools for the year in which entry is made.
There is no obligation on the part of any school or tertiary provider to act as a link school for home school students wishing to enter for NQF assessment.
Requirements
Before accepting an entry for any unit or achievement standard, the school's Principal's Nominee or the tertiary provider's Chief Executive's Nominee must be satisfied that:
- the assessment programme undertaken by the home schooled student is fair, valid, reliable, consistent and at the national standard
- all relevant internally assessed work has been moderated by the school
- the link school carries out the necessary administration tasks for entering home school students in examinations
- the home school student's results will be processed along with those from the link school.
Costs
A school or tertiary provider whose Principal's Nominee or Chief Executive's Nominee agrees on their behalf to perform the linking or any other services for home school students may make such arrangements with the student(s) as necessary, to provide those services.
Last updated: 27 January 2010