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.
Ministry of Education, Guyana
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