Education > Homeschooling legal status: Countries Compared

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COUNTRY	DESCRIPTION
Albania	Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
Andorra	Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
Armenia	Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
Australia	Legal as alternative to the mandatory public school system.
Austria	Legal under restrictive conditions, homeschooling is allowed as long as the instruction is at least equal to that of the state school.
Azerbaijan	Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
Belarus	Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
Belgium	Legal under restrictive conditions, Homeschooling is a constitutional right in Belgium.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
Brazil	Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions
Bulgaria	Illegal, public education is mandatory. Only children with special needs may be homeschooled under strict government control.
Canada	Legal under regulating conditions (Alberta – regulation, British Columbia – registration, Manitoba – permit, Newfoundland – permit, New Brunswick – permit, Northwest Territories – regulation, Nova Scotia – regulation, Ontario – regulation, Prince Edward Island – regulation, Quebec – permit, Saskatchewan – permit, Yukon – regulation)
Colombia	Legal. Regulated by the Ministry of Education and the ICFES (Colombian Institute for the Promotion of Higher Education). The student would have to present a Public Validation Test and a State Test (Similar to SAT) if he/she wants to go to College.
Croatia	Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
Cuba	Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
Cyprus	Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
Czech Republic	Legal under restrictive conditions by temporary experimental law for children aged 5–12. Law currently under negotiation with homeschoolers.
Denmark	Legal as alternative to the mandatory public school system.
El Salvador	Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
Estonia	Legal under restrictive conditions, only allowed for exceptional cases.
Finland	Legal as alternative to the mandatory public school system. Written and oral examinations to check on progress are mandatory.
France	Legal as alternative to the mandatory public school system. Inspections are mandatory every year.
Georgia	Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
Germany	Illegal, public or approved private education is mandatory with the only exception being where continued school attendance would create undue hardship for an individual child.
Greece	Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
Greenland	Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
Guatemala	Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
Holy See (Vatican City)	No indication for educational laws to exist were found.
Hungary	Legal under restrictive conditions. Every homeschooled child must be supervised by an authorized school and pass annual exams. Homeschooled children received diplomas from supervising school.
Iceland	Legal only for holders of teaching certificates, in other cases public education is mandatory.
India	Legal as alternative to the mandatory public school system.
Indonesia	Legal as alternative to the mandatory public school system.
Ireland	Legal, homeschooling is allowed by the constitution.
Italy	Legal, homeschooling is allowed by the constitution.
Kazakhstan	Illegal, public education is mandatory. Door to door checks. Legal for non-residents.
Latvia	Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
Liechtenstein	Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
Lithuania	Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
Luxembourg	Legal, for primary school age.
Malta	Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
Mexico	Legal, compulsory attendance laws unclear.
Moldova	Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
Montenegro	Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
Netherlands	public education is mandatory, with some exceptions.
New Zealand	Legal as alternative to the mandatory public school system.
Norway	Legal
Peru	Prior registration with the Ministerio de Educación is required.
Poland	Legal under restrictive conditions. Every homeschooled child must be supervised by an authorized school (can be a private school) and pass annual exams. Homeschooled children received diplomas from supervising school.
Portugal	Legal.
Republic of Macedonia	Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
Romania	Legal under restrictive conditions. Children with disabilities, special needs or whose condition does not allow them to be physically present in a school may be home-schooled, under the supervision of an accredited teacher.
Russia	Legal since 1992, law sometimes ignored and not made legal.
San Marino	Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
Serbia	Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
Slovakia	Legal, under restrictive conditions.
Slovenia	Legal.
South Korea	Prohibited by law but law is unclear and the cause is supported by business leaders, therefore homeschoolers do not generally experience issues with authorities.
Spain	Neither legal nor illegal, as Constitution recognises freedom of education, but national education law stipulates that compulsive education must be met through school attendance.
Sweden	Illegal, as of June 2010; supposedly allowed under special circumstances such as student health reasons or family travel, but virtually never approved. Officials often ignore legally permitted appeals.
Switzerland	Legal in about three quarters of the cantons , with many being restrictive to very restrictive.
Trinidad and Tobago	Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions
Turkey	Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
Ukraine	Legal and expressly allowed for in Articles 59 and 60 of Ukraine’s Education Law.
United Kingdom	Legal as alternative to the mandatory public school system.
United States	Legal under regulating conditions, varies by state.

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