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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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