We are getting way off topic here, but I'll take a stab at answering - with the understanding I can only speak about US laws. In the US, a child is considered truant if he/she is absent without permission from a school in which he/she is registered. Other laws, such as child neglect, may apply if a child has never been registered in school and/or attended school. The exception is home schooling - in most states those children are required to be registered with their local school districts as being home schooled.
Originally Posted by
Myrtonos
In most countries, education of some description is compulsory, this is what trunacy laws require. Do any countries' laws apply on that ship?
As chornedsnorkack noted, the ship flies a Bahamiam flag. And while the Bahamas do have compulsory education up to age 16, enforcement can be a tad iffy. Whether Bahamian law would apply to children of other nationalities aboard the ship is probably something a court would have to decide.
You say that folks onboard can afford to educate their children. What sort of education, what subjects are their children to learn?
What would be the most important subjects to learn if one is to spend most of one's life onboard?
The depth and extent of education would be up to the children's parents, wouldn't it? Or more likely the tutors and/or governesses hired to teach them. If nothing else, children growing up on board would likely be whizzes at geography and navigation --
