What is deschooling?

• A. Enrolling in a new private school.
• B. Returning to formal schooling after homeschooling.
• C. The process of removing your child from school life.
• D. Moving to online learning.

Answer: (C)

Deschooling means stepping away from the formal school system and removing a child from the traditional school environment so that learning happens outside that setting. It’s about withdrawing from the institution of schooling rather than changing how or where learning occurs within it. This concept is tied to critiques of schooling as an institution and the idea that education can happen outside schools, through unschooling or other non-traditional routes.

That’s why the option describing the process of removing your child from school life is the best fit. The other ideas describe staying within or re-entering formal schooling or simply changing the delivery method (like online learning) but do not capture the act of stepping away from the school system itself.