There has been a big victory for the rights of homeschooling parents in Chile as a top court ruled that a homeschooling diploma from another jurisdiction must be recognised as valid.
The Court of Appeals for San Miguel in Chile unanimously affirmed the right of parents to educational freedom, ruling that the choice to pursue foreign-based homeschooling programs must be accepted in the country as valid for all purposes.
The case involved a youth whose high school degree obtained remotely from a Texas-based school working in partnership with homeschool curriculum providers and assessors, was not recognised by the Chilean Ministry of Education. Because of this denial, he had been unable to apply to university.
“This is a victory for rights of parents in Chile in line with the guarantees of international human rights law,” said Tomás Henríquez, ADF International’s Director of Advocacy for Latin America.
