VPRS 20315 Register of Corporal Punishment

This series comprises a Register of Corporal Punishment, maintained by Port Fairy Consolidated School (School No. 6247) (VA 5456). The Register of Corporal Punishment was a standardised register used in Victorian government schools from the early 20th century until at least the 1960s. Each school filled in their name and school number on the front cover of the register. Inside the front cover of the bound volume is a list of eight regulations relating to the implementation of corporal punishment in schools, including who may be authorised to deliver such punishment, what type of punishment is permitted, and the circumstances when corporal punishment may be applied. The Head Teacher of the school was held responsible for the nature and extent of the punishment inflicted, and only the Head Teacher or those they authorised were permitted to inflict this punishment. Accordingly, the first few pages of the book are titled ‘Names of Teachers Authorized to Inflict Corporal Punishment’. In columns below are spaces for the Head Teacher to fill out the name and date of the teachers authorised. The rest of the volume is made up of perforated pages that were used to record the circumstances of individual punishments. Each page contains columns for the teacher to fill out the student’s details (full name, age, and grade), the date, the offence committed, the nature and extent of the punishment inflicted, and the initials of the teacher inflicting the punishment. Entries for each year were to be filled out on a separate leaf. According to the instructions listed inside the front cover of the register, these pages were to be kept in the Register for just two years before being removed and destroyed. As such, much of this register is filled with blank pages. Where entries do remain, the level of detail recorded varies. Corporal punishment was banned in Victorian state schools in 1983, though many schools had abolished the practice long before then.本系列藏品包含《体罚登记册》，由仙女港联合学校（Port Fairy Consolidated School，学校编号6247）保管（档案编号VA 5456）。《体罚登记册》是20世纪初至至少1960年代维多利亚州公立学校统一使用的标准化登记台账。所有学校均需在登记册的封面上填写本校名称与学校编号。该精装本的封二页内列有八项关于学校体罚实施的管理规定，涵盖体罚实施主体的授权范围、许可的体罚类型，以及可实施体罚的具体情形。学校校长需对体罚的性质与实施程度承担全责，且仅校长或其授权的教师方可实施体罚。据此，该登记册的前几页标题为《授权实施体罚的教师名单》，下方预留了供校长填写授权教师姓名与授权日期的栏目。登记册其余部分均为带穿孔的活页，用于记录单次体罚的具体情况。每一页均设有栏目，供登记教师填写学生信息（全名、年龄与年级）、体罚实施日期、学生所犯过错、体罚的性质与实施程度，以及实施体罚教师的姓名首字母。每年的体罚记录需单独填写在一页活页上。根据登记册封二的说明要求，此类记录仅需在登记册中留存两年，之后便需取出销毁。因此，该登记册的大部分页面均为空白页。现存的记录条目，其记载的详细程度各有不同。尽管诸多学校早在1983年之前就已废除体罚，但维多利亚州公立学校直至1983年才正式明令禁止体罚。