Schools ‘need more power to tackle discipline’

NEW proposals will not give schools enough power to take action on assaults by students like the one which has left a Dublin teacher with a broken nose, the Dáil was told yesterday.

Fine Gael education spokesperson Olwyn Enright raised the incident in a debate on proposed changes to education legislation.

The Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007 would allow the nature of the misbehaviour and the safety of teachers and other students to be taken into account when appeals are taken by students against suspensions or expulsions.