If you would like to connect with other homeschoolers/unschoolers, the following are the online communities in India.
Do make use of the ones that suit you best.
Official Website of Swashikshan - Indian Association of Homeschoolers
www.homeschoolers.in is the official website. It is open to all. Newcomers, media persons, visitors etc. are directed here.
What you can do to make it come alive - contribute articles, links to
your blogs on homeschooling, other interesting links, general homeschool
information, resource persons, classes, workshops and activities in
your city/area...
You can send all this and more (that you feel will
be interesting and relevant) to the editorial team for uploading.
Other Online Forums
www.indiahomeschoolers.ning.com is for homeschoolers only, others are given 6 months to decide. Here there are Forum Discussions, you can also form your own Group for regional or topic or any other need, there is an Event section to give details of events, a Blog section to share your musings and articles, space to upload Photos and Videos, a Chat Room, in fact a one stop communication shop!
- Facebook Groups - For those more comfortable with FB, there are also two closed FB groups: https://www.facebook.com/
groups/indiahomeschoolers/ and https://www.facebook.com/ groups/indialearning/ and an open group: https://www.facebook.com/ groups/145186648828047/
- swashikshan@googlegroups.com is the official discussion group for homeschoolers only where we discuss everything under the sun that affects us and our families. Also when there is a national event, a lot of the communication has been happening there.
- There is also punehomeschoolers@googlegroups
.There are regional groups in Bangalore and Chennai too....and you can start your own google group too for your own community in your area! But do keep us informed so we can add it in here!
Hello Madam.
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Do consider my queries and answer them as you deem fit.
With Warm Regards
Hi Priya, since I am a mother of 1.9year old child, out of my curiosity and seeing unpleasant scenario in schools I am thinking to homeschool my child. Don't know what are the advantages, disadvantages or even will I be able to do so...i would be grateful if you can share your journey of homeschooling...apart from this I will go through the links and websites you have shared here. Thank you.
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