Religious, secular, competitive or plain unworldly, many parents are schooling kids at home, says NISHA SUSAN

Avanika is one among hundreds of children whose parents have chosen homeschooling as the best form of education the country can offer. But within the spectrum of homeschooling Avanika’s parents occupy a radical end. Vidhi and Manish Jain have spent their adult lives working as consultants in the developmental sector. Unlike many home-schooling families who insist on a certain number of study hours and follow at least the ghost of a formal syllabus, Vidhi and Manish do not believe in structuring Avanika’s education in any way. “We don’t think of ourselves as home schooling parents. We are very, very against the whole culture of schooling.” “If Avanika wants to do something, she knows which adult she needs to seek out. If she wants to go swimming in the lake there is someone, if she wants to work in the garden there’s someone else. A lot of opportunities unfold if you give it a chance.

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