Pupil Management & Discipline

Discipline Framework

Hwa Chong Institution is committed to provide an effective learning environment for all students to succeed and excel. This is only possible if the behaviour of our students support and respects the rights of all students to learn and teachers to teach. Hence, management of students' behaviour is crucial to providing a safe, orderly, productive and success-oriented learning environment at school.

• The Discipline Framework aims to:

1. Instill in our students' the set of desired behavioral outcomes which are aligned to HCI's institutional values.
2. Develop students' self-management skills.
3. Encourage self-responsibility.
4. Rehabilitate students who have violated school rules.

• To achieve the above objectives, the Disciplinary Framework will be guided by the principles of Positive Discipline and Restorative Justice. Positive Discipline focuses on actively teaching personal responsibility, pro-social behaviours and taking responsibilities for violation of school rules, while Restorative Justice directs attention to helping students learn alternative positive behaviours in place of unacceptable behaviours.
  

• A 2-prong strategy would be implemented:

1. Integration with Counselling and PCME life-skills modules on teaching Personal and Social Responsibilities, Self-management skills, Anger Management, Conflict Intervention, etc. These modules may be Class-based, Assembly-based or Online Independent Learning modules.
2. Administering consequences through our Demerit Points System that are related to the offence and misbehaviour. Corporal punishments and other retributive measures would be taken as a careful consideration as they focus on the concepts of fear and retribution rather than rehabilitation.