英国家庭教育的学生人数6年内增长65%

The number of children being home educated recorded in Britain has increased by 65 percent over the six years, latest figure showed Monday.

星期一，最新数据显示，英国家庭教育的儿童数量在近6年内增加了65%。

Responses to Freedom of Information requests from 190 local authorities showed that 36,609 children in these areas have been home educated for 2014-2015, with an increase of at least 10,399 pupils, BBC said.

据BBC报道，从信息自由的请求通过后，从190个地方当局统计的各地反应结果显示，2014-2015年这些地区有36609个孩子在家里学习，与以前相比，至少增加了10399名学生。

Among the latest figures from the 190 councils, there were 178 with data for the past three years. For 133 of the local authorities, there was data from 2009-10 to 2014-15, revealing the numbers had risen by 65 percent.

来自这190个地区最新数据里，有178个地区的数据是最近三年的，有133个当地地区的数据含2009，2010年一直到2014，2015年间中，公布了在家受教育的增长率为65%。

The number of home educated children may be underestimated, BBC reported, explaining that the figures only showed the number of pupils who has been withdrawn by their parents from schools, which have been recorded. However, children who never go to school can not be estimated.

据BBC报道，家庭教育孩子的数量可能远大于这个数字。这些数字只显示了在学校已有过记录的、被父母从学校撤出的学生。然而，那些从来就没有去学校登记过的学生数量却未被计入。

There’s no legal obligation for parents in Britain to send their children to school, thus, they don’t have to explain why they don’t send their children to school. But they have to provide a “suitable education” for their children at home, according to BBC’S report.

据BBC的报道，在英国，父母并无法定义务必须把孩子送去学校。因此，他们不必解释为什么他们不送孩子去学校受教育。但是，父母必须在家里为孩子提供“适合的教育”。

According to information provided by 41 councils, the reasons why parents who choose to educate children at home include a difference from philosophy or lifestyle, dissatisfaction with the local school or a conflict, cultural and religious reasons, school bullying, medical problems and growing pressure on school places due to increasing pupil numbers.

根 据41个地区委员会提供的资料，父母选择在家里教育孩子的原因各有不同：有哲学或生活方式上的；有对当地学校不满或曾发生冲突的；有文化和宗教上的；有曾 在学校里受欺负的；以及随着学生人数的不断增长，医疗问题和学校场地越来越紧张等因素。