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Student Discipline Section renders support to schools
Heads and discipline masters/mistresses of secondary schools receiving professional support from the Student Discipline Section (SDS) of the Education Department are invited to participate in the regional network meetings.
Four regional network meetings organised for schools on Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, New Territories East and New Territories West will be held on November 20, November 21, November 27 and November 28 respectively.
"The regional meetings aims at providing schools in the same region with information on the relevant resources available," Chief Student Discipline Officer, Mrs Ruth Lau, said today (Friday).
"Participants will share their experiences in student discipline work and explore resources available in the region.
"Outreach social workers are also invited to brief participants on the services they render to help students spend their time in a more purposeful way during lunch hour and after school."
She added that since November 8, the SDS had been liaising with and visiting schools joining the support service.
"Student discipline officers also give talks in one of the series of seminars organised by the Hong Kong Association for Student Discipline and Counselling Teachers held between October 19 and November 23," she said.
The response to the two seminars on Positive Student Discipline in Schools organised by the SDS last month (October) was very encouraging.
Representatives from 363 schools, or over 78 per cent of secondary schools in the territory, attended the seminars.
An information folder has been sent to those schools which have not attended the seminars.
As at November 11, a total of 89 secondary schools have opted for general mode of support and nine schools requested for intensive support.
Among them, seven are government, 86 aided and five private schools.
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