2.4 Implementation Of Behaviour Policy In Schools

2.4 Implementation of Behaviour Policy In school X, the behaviour policy is applied to students of the school which relates to all school activities both during and outside of normal school hours. As a preventive measures, the school has implemented a few actions from the behaviour policy. First of all, the code of behaviour is circulated to parents of all new entrants into the school and they are asked to read and sign agreement with the content. This dealing is done to ensure that the parents and students are aware of the school rules and regulations as well as the procedures to be followed if the school rules are not obeyed. These action taken is not just to create awareness but to ensure parents acknowledge their role in supporting

To support this statement, the behaviour policy of school X plays a role as guidelines for the teachers or staffs to take appropriate actions or interventions upon students who find it difficult to obey the school rules and procedures. Disciplinary or behavioural issues that occur in school X can be classified into two sections which are violations and serious violations (refer to appendix 2). The consequences for both the violations are different. For instance, when a student from school X does violations such as being disrespectful towards teachers or other students and using bad languages, a concern letter will be sent to parents. This is done to keep parents informed about the child’s disciplinary issue. As for students who does serious violations such as bullying and fighting, the consequences that they would be facing are suspensions and permanent exclusion from school. Parents will be notified regarding the disciplinary matter in a written

Instead, students will become more aggressive. This is further supported by Kohn (2005), where he claimed that heavy punishment such as spanking and causing physical pain in the form of discipline will eventually make a child to be more aggressive and lead to other damaging consequences. Heavy punishment results in students to be mentally disturbed, feeling humiliated and isolated in which it will eventually affect their involvement in studies. HRW (2010) agrees that harsh physical punishments will affect students’ educational results. Thus, school X is totally against heavy punishment such as standing outside the classroom, canning and usage of vulgar words or de-motivating words by teacher to students as it would lead in the students being ashamed. Instead of punishment, the interventions in the behaviour policy such as consultations with school personnel and parents are implemented in school X to help out and motivate certain students who find it difficult to uphold the school rules and