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Samoa homeschool checklist
Notice and filing
- Notification: No
Subjects and hours
- Instruction: Families rely on distance learning or private tutoring; no mandated instructional standards for home education.
Records to keep
- Records: Not required
Testing and assessment
- Testing: Not required
- Assessment: Not required
Deadlines
- Non-attendance notification: Within 2 school days
Contacts and official sources
- Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture (MESC) (www.mesc.gov.ws)
- Education Statistical Digest 2019 (MESC) (www.mesc.gov.ws/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2019-Statistical-Digest_FINAL_31st-Jan-2020.pdf)
- Samoa Education Act 2009 (PacLII) (www.paclii.org/ws/legis/consol_act_2019/ea2009104.pdf)