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The Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion has launched a com­pre­hen­sive and ur­gent re­view of both the Na­tion­al School Code of Con­duct and the Na­tion­al School Dis­ci­pline Ma­trix, in di­rect re­sponse to the es­ca­lat­ing lev­els of stu­dent in­dis­ci­pline in schools across the coun­try.

“This is not a rou­tine ex­er­cise. It is a crit­i­cal re­assess­ment aimed at in­tro­duc­ing stricter, more rel­e­vant, and en­force­able mea­sures to strength­en ex­ist­ing pol­i­cy frame­works,” the Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion said in a press re­lease is­sued on Fri­day 6 June 2025. “The re­vised dis­ci­pli­nary struc­ture will em­bed greater clar­i­ty, con­sis­ten­cy, and con­se­quence. It will be firm, fair, and fit for pur­pose—de­signed not on­ly to de­ter mis­con­duct but to re­in­force ac­count­abil­i­ty and re­spect across all ed­u­ca­tion­al in­sti­tu­tions.”

The Min­istry’s an­nounce­ment forms part of a broad­er na­tion­al re­sponse to the rise in stu­dent ag­gres­sion, mis­con­duct, and vi­o­lence. Speak­ing at the post-Cab­i­net me­dia brief­ing, Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar SC called for im­me­di­ate, col­lec­tive ac­tion to re­store dis­ci­pline in schools. She reaf­firmed that schools must re­main safe spaces for learn­ing—not places of fear, dis­rup­tion, or harm.