Ministry of Education: It is indeed necessary to implement education punishment. Recently, the Ministry of Education formulated and promulgated the "Primary and Secondary School Education Disciplinary Rules (for Trial Implementation)" (Ministry of Education Order No. 49, hereinafter referred to as the "Rules") on the basis of extensive research and public opinions in the early stage.
The "Rules" defines the concept of educational discipline for the first time, stipulating that educational discipline is "schools and teachers, based on educational purposes, manage, educate, or rectify students in violation of disciplines in a prescribed manner, so as to encourage students to take warning, understand and Correcting wrong educational behaviors”, clarified that education punishment is not punishment, but a way of education, and emphasized the educating nature of education punishment, which is the specific way for schools and teachers to exercise education, management, and evaluation rights.
The "Rules" emphasize that the implementation of educational punishment should follow the principles of education, legitimacy, and appropriateness, "in accordance with the laws of education, focusing on the effect of educating people; following the principle of the rule of law, being objective and fair; choosing appropriate measures to be consistent with the degree of student fault adapt". The
"Rules" pointed out that when it is really necessary, schools and teachers can implement educational punishments when students are in disobedience, disrupting order, anomie, dangerous, or infringing on rights and interests.
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