Home-schooling in Queensland has nearly tripled over the last five years. Gympie, Toowoomba and Caboolture were the top areas for home-schooling in the state last year.
QUT Lecturer Rebecca English has cited “accidental home educators” as cause for the increase, saying, “Usually it comes down to some kind of diagnosis, the kids might be ADHD, ASD, ODD or the child might have been bullied.”
There were over 3,000 students registered for home education in 2018, an increase of 192% from five years ago.