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Frequently
Asked Questions
(FAQ) Q: Are ACE
Certificates approved or recognized by the NCEA? A: No. Many families and schools using the ACE curriculum choose to aim for one of the ACE Certificates. This qualification is rapidly gaining acceptance all over the world including universities in NZ and the UK. The NZ Vice Chancellors’ Committee has written that the ACE Year 12 and 13 certificates are an alternative route for students to gain entry to tertiary education. Further details are available from the Home Schooling NZ Office. Q: Will the ACE Certificates get me
into university? Q: Do you have to be
a Christian to use the ACE Curriculum? Q: How popular is the ACE curriculum?
There: are: 8000 schools worlds wide in 135 different countries on 4 continents with 1,000,000 students
Q: Do I have to be a trained teacher to home school using ACE my children? A: No. One of the main benefits of the ACE Curriculum is that it equips parents with the resources and tools to deliver a quality programme regardless of the parents’ limitations or inadequacies. This is particularly so at secondary level, when, all too often, parents feel they have to send their children back to school in order to provide a "proper" programme.
Q: Is Home Schooling expensive?
A: No, but there is a cost. Even "free" state education costs. If your child is to be fully involved in all that a state school offers then there are always "activity fees" and other curriculum expenses that parents feel obligated to pay. The amount of money you spend on your children's education will depend how important this is compared to other areas of your life. If you accept the government's home schooling allowance, then this is usually more than adequate to cover all costs.
Q: Do I have to get permission to home educate my child at home? Yes. You are legally required to obtain an "Exemption Certificate" from attendance at a registered school for each of your children before withdrawing them from school.
Q: Do I have to have special equipment?
A: Computers can certainly be a great help but the ACE curriculum is paper based and computers are therefore not essential. A Video player will also be very helpful, particularly when the student reaches PACE 1097 as Science, Maths and Spanish all include one or two videos per PACE at this level. These videos make the purchase of expensive laboratory equipment unnecessary as experiments are carried out on the tapes.
Q: What effect will home schooling have on our family?
A: One of the most significant benefits of home educating your children is that it builds quality relationships in the home. Children, and parents, develop the character and integrity necessary to live with the same people twenty-four hours a day, seven days of the week. It is the relationship between brothers and sisters, parents and children that make or break a society. If children learn to get it right at home they will get it right everywhere else. But beware, it will also expose aspects of your family life that may need some adjustment.
Q: Am I keeping my children from to the "real world"?
A: Yes, and so you should. Paul says in Romans 12 v 1, 2 "we are not to be conformed to the world's way of thinking or living, (don’t let the world squeeze you into its mould – Philips Translation) but we are to be transformed by the renewing of our minds, so that we may know what is the will of God". (Paraphrased). We need to keep our children protected from the influences of the world until such times as their minds are strong and have been programmed to think biblically. Then they can understand for themselves the rationale and credence of what the Bible teaches concerning human behavior and the eternal consequences of the decisions we make. As parents we are responsible to protect our children from physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual harm. Do not underestimate the tremendous damage that is done to our children when they are allowed to get involved in situations and are exposed to influences that are fundamentally anti-Christian.
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