Question No. 6
Reply by Secretary for Education & Manpower to
LegCo Question by Hon. CHAN Ying-lung
on 4 December, 1985
Question:
Can Government inform this Council:
(a)
its current policy towards
administering disciplinary action by
school authorities on students; and
(b)
how it resolves complaints by students
and parents concerning alleged
excessive use of discipline by schools?
Answer:
The general policy with regard to
disciplinary action is that school
authorities should exercise their discretion
carefully in determining the kind of
punishment considered appropriate for the
offence taking into account the age of the
pupil concerned.
The most common forms of discipline include
detention, copying from textbooks and
accumulation of demerits. In serious cases,
there may be resort to corporal punishment,
suspension and expulsion. As regards
corporal punishment, Education Regulations
58 and 59 specifiy how and to whom it may be
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