An article in the news today reads, in part:
Ministry of Education records spike in home-schooling applications
| "Ministry of Education figures show a spike in applications from parents wanting to home-school their children. The figures show the ministry usually received more than 100 applications a month before the pandemic and fewer than 200 a month for most of last year and this year. But in October it received about 500 applications and in November more than 800. The ministry said by 8 December it had received 3225 applications this year with 2194 approved, 71 declined, and 900 pending a decision. The ministry said there were 8552 in home-schooling at the start of December, up from 7749 at the middle of the year and about 1300 more than in the middle of last year." |  |
Source/full article HERE
Here is a graph from another article published recently that shows the trend in applications over the past couple of years, to Oct 2021
Further stats added 9th Feb 2022:
The Ministry reported receiving a total of 867 applications in November, 800 in December, and 735 in January.
"The ministry said it last year [2021] approved 2655 applications for home-schooling, declined 78 and was still deliberating over 983.
The figures also show the ministry received more than 900 applications for Auckland in 2021, nearly double the previous year's figure, about 500 applications in Canterbury and more than 400 in Waikato."
Source HERE
The Ministry reported receiving a total of 867 applications in November, 800 in December, and 735 in January.
"The ministry said it last year [2021] approved 2655 applications for home-schooling, declined 78 and was still deliberating over 983.
The figures also show the ministry received more than 900 applications for Auckland in 2021, nearly double the previous year's figure, about 500 applications in Canterbury and more than 400 in Waikato."
Source HERE
For comparison, total applications received by the Ministry for:
July 2018-June 2019 = 1,553
July 2019-June 2020 = 2,005
July 2020-June 2021 = 2,087
Note that in the first half of 2021, total applications received = 1,019. In the article quoted above, the Ministry state they have received 3225 applications this year to 8th December, which means that in the second half of this year, they have received 2,206 so far - more than all of the applications in the previous 12 months. We can add about a further 600 to that with the release of December's numbers above, for a total of about 3825 for the year, or about 2806 in the second half of the year.
July 2018-June 2019 = 1,553
July 2019-June 2020 = 2,005
July 2020-June 2021 = 2,087
Note that in the first half of 2021, total applications received = 1,019. In the article quoted above, the Ministry state they have received 3225 applications this year to 8th December, which means that in the second half of this year, they have received 2,206 so far - more than all of the applications in the previous 12 months. We can add about a further 600 to that with the release of December's numbers above, for a total of about 3825 for the year, or about 2806 in the second half of the year.
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