NRS-16909 | Punishment Books [Laguna Public School]

Regulations under the Public Schools Act of 1866, adopted by the Council [of Education] 27 February 1867 regulated the punishment of children in schools by stipulating: “In the government of the pupils, all degrading and injurious punishments are to be avoided. The Teacher’s discipline must be mild but firm, his manner kindly, his demeanour cheerful and calculated to gain the confidence of his pupils, and his language marked by strict propriety. While he should overlook no offence, his aim should be to prevent the necessity for punishment by the improvement of the offender.”In relation to corporal punishment the regulations continue: “Corporal punishment should be inflicted in extreme cases only, and then as a last resource; and the teacher must keep a record of the time and place at which pupils were corporally chastised, the amount of such punishment and the nature of the offence.”Uniform stationery soon evolved to enable compliance with these regulations. These punishment books are registers of all cases in which corporal punishment was given to pupils. The information it details includes: the pupil’s name; age; nature of offence; amount of punishment (i.e. number of strokes); instrument of punishment (normally the cane); the date of the punishment; and by whom the punishment was inflicted.From October, 1910, to September, 1914, the teacher-in-charge has made it a practice to record week by week whether any cases of corporal punishment had occurred or not.

1866年《公立学校法案》（Public Schools Act of 1866）项下的条例，于1867年2月27日由教育委员会（Council of Education）通过，对学校惩戒学生的行为作出了明确规定："在管理学生过程中，应杜绝一切有辱人格且造成身心伤害的惩戒方式。教师的管教需温和而坚定，态度和蔼可亲，举止开朗愉悦，以赢得学生的信任，其言语必须恪守得体规范。教师虽不应姑息任何违纪行为，但应以通过感化违纪者来规避惩戒的必要为首要目标。"

针对体罚（corporal punishment），该条例进一步规定："体罚仅可在极端情形下实施，且需作为最后的惩戒手段；教师必须详细记录每名学生遭受体罚的时间、地点、惩戒力度以及违纪性质。"

为契合上述条例的合规要求，统一制式的惩戒登记册应运而生。

此类惩戒登记簿完整记录了所有对学生实施体罚的案例。

所记载的详细信息包括：学生姓名、年龄、违纪性质、惩戒力度（即鞭打次数）、惩戒工具（通常为藤条）、惩戒实施日期以及实施惩戒的人员。

1910年10月至1914年9月期间，当班教师会按周记录当周是否发生过体罚案例。