Discipline

Effective discipline is based on a consistent philosophy.

The Discipline Framework, which was distributed to all schools in Oct’04, outlines the following basic philosophy and approach for developing good discipline in pupils:

• The goal of discipline is to develop self-discipline.
• Discipline is an educative process to develop pupils' thinking and moral faculties.
• Strong leadership is the over-riding factor for success.
• A whole-school, multi-pronged approach is required.

Building of pupils' Social and Emotional (SE) Competencies is the key strategy for developing good discipline and this can be achieved through consistent efforts in:

• creating a supportive environment;
• teaching SE skills and components of good character;
• providing opportunities to exercising good behaviour; and
• guiding and re-orientating pupils who have erred in their behaviour

Effective discipline requires collaboration among stakeholders and schools form partnerships with families and external agencies in their attempts to help pupils with disciplinary problems. Only through consistent collaborative efforts from various stakeholders will we be able to help our young become individuals who are self-disciplined and of good character.