Research studies have established that the critical years in a child's life are from birth to six years of age. During these critical years, basic character, values, abilities, personality, skills, aptitude, attitudes and knowledge are formed. These qualities when properly developed shape the individual's overall perspective and preparedness for life. It has been confirmed by studies that the experiences and the learning that preschool children undergo during the first six years of their life have a lasting effect on their intellectual development as well as on the development of their social and physical skills.

Homeschooling Program is designed to provide an alternative delivery system of honing the critical years of every child, who for some reasons or for other circumstances cannot avail of the formal instruction in a traditional school. Every individual is unique. Thus, Homeschooling addresses students' individual differences. It recognizes various learning styles and special needs. The Education Department, as the government’s lead agency in charge of basic education, acknowledges these realities. A way to articulate and concretize its recognition of the realities is the legalization and implementation of Homeschooling, aside from the traditional schooling program.

Legal Bases of Homeschooling in the Philippines