​“The ARU supports the right of parents to supervise the textbooks and teachers that will mould their children’s minds. Education should be Christian-orientated.” (Response to Christian Action Network Policy Survey)

​Parent Controlled and for Religious Freedom: "The curriculum must be designed in ways that will provide a learner with a righteous education, with or without the involvement of parents, bearing in mind that many parents in South Africa are illiterate. A godly government must ensure that a righteous curriculum is the only one that gets taught at all the schools in the country." (Response to Christian Action Network Policy Survey).

IFP- "Parents must accept their responsibility to work in partnership with schools to develop the full potential of the children of South Africa" (22nd Woman's Brigade Annual General Conference) "Education is an extension of the social training function of the family, therefore parents and communities must be the primary custodians of the education system. The state, parents, communities and employers should assume joint responsibility for education...Education should be financed from state budgetary allocations" (IFP Education Policy)

COPE Believes that the state should train teachers and that all schools should be required to continue using Outcomes Based Education (Policy Documents and 2009 Election Manifesto)

“School and education is an extension of the parents’ responsibility in raising their children. The governing body at a school thus becomes very important to make the right decisions representing the parents. Because parents pay taxes, they see it as their money that the government makes available to the school and their right to make decisions on the ethos of the school.” (Parliament Education Debate - 20 May 2003)

The EFF supports Marxism, which advocates state-controlled education. “The EFF takes socialism as the theoretical basis guiding its thinking …” (EFF Constitution).

The DA’s Policy on Education makes no mention of parent-controlled appointment of teachers or textbooks, or the importance of religious freedom in education. (https://www.da.org.za/policy/education-policy as seen on 20/11/2018). In the DA-controlled Western Cape, the DA approved the provincial Education Amendment Bill before public hearings were held on the Bill. The Bill was then passed and parents’ submissions were ignored. The DA has also not championed the cause of home schoolers.

The CDP believes “Children’s education is a parental responsibility and they therefore have authority as a tax payer to ensure they receive the education they wish to receive and pay for.” (Christian Action Network Policy Survey).

The Cape Party supports a system of decentralization. “The family structure is the nucleus of a strong education. Students, parents, the community and real world needs (business, science, academia etc.) should be the most important drivers in the direction of a child’s education, not the state.” (Christian Action Network Policy Survey).

ANC - "The state has the central responsibility in the provision of education and training." (ANC Policy Framework for Education and Training)