That ICPA (Aust) advocates to the relevant departments for geographically isolated families to be able to access the In Home Care program to provide supervision in the home classroom when the student is studying via an approved Distance Education School.
The government encourages parent participation in the workforce right across Australia, unless you have a primary school aged child studying via government approved distance education school. The expectation on those parents is that they will give up their work and running their business to tutor their children for the entirety of the primary school years. You cannot enrol your child in these schools without agreeing to provide constant supervision.
Many people across Australia should now appreciate that supervising your children to complete their schoolwork whilst doing your own job is almost impossible, yet that is what we expect of remote families every day.
Families should have access to In Home Care to ensure children are appropriately supervised during working hours and ensure productivity across remote Australia remains.
