{"id":2530,"date":"2023-03-20T07:40:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T07:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/escola-em-casa\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T10:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T10:40:17","slug":"escola-em-casa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/escola-em-casa\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeschooling (Individual and Domestic Education)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Better living conditions, more free time, less pressure on children, and stronger family relationships are some of the reasons families choose homeschooling. The legal framework for individual and domestic education was created to accommodate families who, for personal or professional reasons, decide to educate their children outside the traditional school environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Can compulsory schooling be completed through homeschooling?<\/strong><br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes. Compulsory education can be completed under individual or domestic education regimes. Children and young people in homeschooling are subject to assessment and certification of their learning<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Individual vs. domestic education<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Domestic education<\/strong> \u2013 Taught at the child\u2019s home by a family member or another person who lives with the child.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Individual education<\/strong> \u2013 Provided by a qualified teacher to a single student outside a school establishment.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In both cases, the student must be formally enrolled in a school<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to enroll in homeschooling<\/strong><br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Homeschooling requires:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Initial enrollment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Renewal of enrollment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A collaboration protocol between the school and the legal guardian<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The guardian submits the application to the head of the school in the student\u2019s area of residence that offers the desired programme, preferably by email or via an online platform. For private schools, the application is made directly to the chosen institution. Afterwards, an interview with the student and guardian is scheduled to discuss the student\u2019s profile and educational project. The collaboration protocol sets out responsibilities for organizing the educational path, monitoring, assessment, and certification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Monitoring and portfolio<\/strong><br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The enrolling school is responsible for monitoring and certifying learning and appoints a tutor\u2011teacher to follow the student\u2019s progress. Work and learning are recorded in a portfolio sent to the school at intervals defined in the protocol, allowing ongoing monitoring and evaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Certification of studies<\/strong><br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To complete each educational cycle or level, homeschooled students must sit the corresponding assessments or national final exams at the enrolling school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Successful students are entitled to the same certificates and diplomas as students in regular schooling<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-1331 size-large\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/files\/uploads\/2021\/10\/escola-em-casa-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ros\u00e1rio Duarte Advogados | Escola em casa\" class=\"wp-image-1331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/files\/uploads\/2021\/10\/escola-em-casa.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/files\/uploads\/2021\/10\/escola-em-casa-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/files\/uploads\/2021\/10\/escola-em-casa-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ros\u00e1rio Duarte Advogados | Escola em casa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ql-heading\">Rita Duarte | <a class=\"ql-link\" href=\"mailto:rduarte@rosarioduarte.pt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rduarte@rosarioduarte.pt<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"btn gray\" href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/gyHAu1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up for our Newsletter<\/a><br>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading ql-heading\"><strong>Contact us and\/or book a meeting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/contacts\/\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Better living conditions, more free time, less pressure on children, and stronger family relationships are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2530"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2537,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2530\/revisions\/2537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosarioduarte.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}