Government is proposing legislative changes to provide teachers and school principals with the authority to search students’ clothing and possessions.
The administration says the new law would make it easier for school officials to search for and confiscate dangerous objects that students may be carrying.
Ministers want to enshrine in the Basic Education Act the practice of ongoing development discussions between educators, parents and children. The goal is to allow schools to nip potential disruptive behaviour in the bud.
Lawmakers also plan to align legislation regulating high schools with laws relating to vocational education to allow for a three-day suspension of disruptive students. The new regulations are to come into force next year.
