Move to ban corporal punishment in schools
Source: South Australia. Minister for Education. Media Release.
"Physical punishment of school students would be legally banned in South Australia under proposed changes to the State’s 36 year-old Education Act.
Education Minister Jane Lomax-Smith today invited the public’s comments on a discussion paper outlining possible changes to the Education Act 1972 and Children’s Services Act 1985.
“Corporal punishment was ceased in government schools in 1991 and a significant majority of non-government schools also have prohibited the practice,” Dr Lomax-Smith says.
“However, we want to make sure this practice absolutely has no place in any South Australian school now or in the future.
“South Australia remains one of only two jurisdictions where corporal punishment is still technically lawful in both government and non-government schools."