| ✗ | Homeschooling is a legal form of schooling |
According to the Education Act :
2 . - (1) Every Government in Nigeria sha.ll provide free, compulsory and 'Universal basic education for every child o f primary and junior secondary, school age.
(2) Every parent shall ensure that his child or ward attends and completes his -
(a) primary school education; and
(b) junior secondary school education,
by endeavouring to send the child to primary and junior secondary schools.
(3) The stake-holders in educat,ion in a Local Government Area, shall ensure that every parent or person who has the care and custody ofa child performs th~duty imposed on him under section 2(2) ofthis Act.
(4) A parent who contravenes section 2 (2) o f this Act commits an offence and is liable-
(a) on first conviction, to be reprimanded;
(b) on second conviction, tQ a fine ofN2,000:00 or imprisonment for a term o f 1 month or to both ; and
(c) ou subsequent conviction, to a fme ofN.5,000:00 or imprisonment for a term of2 months or to both.