Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.
Plato
As at 1 July 2011 there were 6,517 home schooled students recorded on the Ministry of Education’s homeschooling database, which represents less than one per cent of total school enrolments. These students belonged to 3,532 families.
Gisborne, Otago and Hawkes Bay had the lowest proportions of homeschoolers in relation to their total school populations
