VPRS 20066 Register of Corporal Punishment

This series comprises a Register of Corporal Punishment, maintained by Kyneton Primary School (School No. 343) (VA 5272). 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.

本系列包含由基内顿小学（Kyneton Primary School，学校编号343，档案编号VA 5272）维护的《体罚登记册（Register of Corporal Punishment）》。
该体罚登记册是维多利亚州公立学校（Victorian government schools）自20世纪初直至至少1960年代所使用的标准化登记台账。
所有学校均需在该登记册的封面上填写本校名称与学校编号。该装订成册的卷宗封套内页，附有八条关于学校体罚实施的管理条例，内容涵盖体罚的授权实施主体、许可的体罚类型，以及可实施体罚的具体场景。
学校校长（Head Teacher）需对体罚的性质与实施程度承担全部责任，仅校长或其正式授权的人员方可实施体罚。据此，该卷宗的前几页标题为“可实施体罚的教师名单”，下方设有专用栏位，供校长填写授权教师的姓名与授权日期。
卷宗其余部分均为打孔活页，用于逐笔记录单次体罚的具体情况。每张活页均设有表格栏位，供记录教师填写学生详细信息（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，以及实施体罚的教师姓名首字母。
每一年的体罚记录需单独填写在一张活页上。根据该登记册封套内页的操作指引，此类记录页需在登记册中留存两年后方可取出销毁。因此，该登记册内大部分页面均为空白。留存至今的记录，其记载的详细程度各有不同。
维多利亚州公立学校于1983年正式禁止体罚，尽管许多学校在此之前早已废止了该体罚制度。