School children registered for home education trebles [news.eircom.net]
- Published: 24 May 2010
The National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB) began assessing families whose children are taught at home in 2004, when it received applications from 92 families involving 138 children.
By the end of 2008, there were 439 children from 295 families registered as being home-educated, but a further 200 were added by the end of last year.
In the first three months of 2010, another 18 families and 22 children have been included on the register, bringing the total number of students to 661.
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