Discipline

Our discipline system and categories

Be aware of the following offenses:

Category 1: General

Poor language and behaviour are not tolerated; keep to the correct classroom behaviour; respect for others and school property; dress in the correct school uniform and be neat and clean; books and stationery at home is a violation; doing other stuff instead rather than school work; mobile phone is on; do not mess in class / or on the terrain; disparage and ridicule of other toys at school; play on wrong playground; misconduct while switching classes.

Demerits: 1

Category 2: More seriously

Do not talk back or tell lies; curse; insult; show bad signs; do not show up for obligations; fiddle with others’ belongings; running on passageways; repeated disobedience; ignoring leaders’ orders; walk around without permission; on school premises after school without consent; do not attend monitoring class; inappropriate touching of others.

Demerits: 2

Category 3: Much more serious

Don’t do the following: get scuffle; victimize; dishonesty; serious disruption of classroom routine; messing of the toilets; damages others’ property; bad behaviour; fighting; spitting; talking during tests; wear wrong uniform without permission.

Demerits: 5

Category 4: Serious misconduct

(May result in temporary suspension) A learner will be guilty of misconduct if he or she deliberately and without reason – Seriously threaten to disrupt or frustrate learning and teaching in a class, by collective action interrupts the proper functioning of the school; insult the dignity of any person or violates their name (this includes racist remarks) ; distributing or is in possession of any test material; to give any person an advantage in a test; cheats in any kind of assessment; is involved in any act of public indecency; sexual harassment of another person; in possession or distributes pornography; alcohol abuse or in possession of alcohol; disruptive during rehabilitation class.

Demerits: 10

Category 5: Serious misconduct

(May result in permanent suspension) A learner is guilty of serious misconduct when he or she – was convicted of misconduct as Category 4 set out after he/she has already been convicted on two previous occasions of similar or the same misconduct; neglect to respond to a penalty of temporary suspension as a correctional measure; purposefully forge a signature or sponsor form; corrupts any paper; bribery; involved in fraud and theft; dishonest acts to the detriment of others; possession, in use or distribution of any narcotic and non-narcotic drugs; in possession of any dangerous weapon; assaults or threatens to assault any person; holding a person hostage.

Demerits: 15

Category 6: Positive behavior

Helpful (+10); sport and cultural participation per item (+20); dedicated leader for a quarter (+20); 100% school attendance per quarter (+10); Top achiever per term (+20); very neat in appearance (+10); Positive attitude (+10); Honourable behaviour (+10); Continues excellent class work (+10); Homework done diligently (+10); Good behaviour in class (+10).

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