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Detention of Learners
Published by Ministry of Education
- This is a form of punishment that may be administered to a learner. The learner is detained in school, especially after school hours.
- Time in detention should be spent in a way that will help the learner to develop responsible behaviour.
- When repeated detention fails, then the learner should be referred to the Head Teacher for other disciplinary action (s).
- Learners at the nursery level must not be kept in after school dismisses to serve detention.
- Nursery children and pupils of levels 1 and 11 must not be made to serve detention
- Any detention of any learner for more than 15 minutes must have the approval of the Head Teacher.
- Detention must not exceed one (1) hour.
- Detention can be served before school, during recess, after dismissal, or any other time than classroom or instructional time.
- Detention may be served in a classroom or, ideally, in a detention room where learners are supervised by teachers.
- The classroom in which detention will be served, or detention room, must be well let and ventilated.
- A roster must be established for teachers who supervise the detention room.
- The learner to be discipline must be assigned a specific amount of time to be spent in the detention room. This must be communicated to the learner and the supervisor of the detention room.
- A list of all learners to serve detention must be provided to the supervising teacher of the detention room.
- The supervising teacher must make a record of all those who served, or did not serve, detention.
- Learners who did not turn up to serve detention, or who, while serving detention, behaved in any unacceptable manner must be further sanctioned by the Head Teacher.
- Parents must be notified when detention is to be served before and after school hours.
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