The Minister of Education issues a ministerial decision regarding the regulations for educational incentives and school

Mr. Mohamed Abdel Latif, Minister of Education and Technical Education, issued a ministerial decision No. (150) regarding the regulations for educational incentives and school discipline in the pre-university education stage.

The decision stipulates that the regulations shall ensure the organization of the rights and duties of students, parents, and the responsibilities and powers of school staff; with the aim of achieving self-discipline and educational guidance for students during the educational process. Discipline for students within the Egyptian school represents an important priority that should precede all other priorities of the educational process, as the school is the second nucleus in society after the family. In addition, interest in school activities helps develop students' skills and abilities, and develop teaching methods.

The regulations aim to protect students and members of the teaching staff, so that each of them can perform their role, responsibilities, and duties to the fullest extent, as well as motivate them to advance the educational and pedagogical process, by preparing and providing the appropriate educational and pedagogical environment; To achieve the goals of the educational and teaching process, and contribute to enhancing and creating a safe school environment, in order to spread positive behaviors by motivating them to do and behave, through the following:

- Enhancing positive behaviors, and reducing student problems.

- Providing educational methods to deal with student behaviors, according to educational, preventive and therapeutic guidance foundations to modify behavior.

- Using scientific methods to solve student problems, and avoiding using any forms of abuse.

- Providing a safe school environment free of violence, enabling students, school administration, and teachers to perform their roles to the fullest extent, and pushing towards school effectiveness.

- Introducing students and parents to the school's educational systems and instructions, and the importance of adhering to them.

- Students' commitment to the school's instructions and systems to achieve student discipline.

- Helping students realize their needs and tendencies, and helping them reach acceptable positive behavior.

- Developing and instilling the value of belonging and loyalty to the homeland, society, and school.

- Providing a safe and supportive school environment that helps students achieve proper social and academic growth, and helps them build positive relationships based on mutual respect with others.

- Promoting positive behaviors and reducing negative behaviors that expose the student to taking remedial measures.

- Strengthening the values ​​of tolerance and mutual respect between school administration, teachers, and students.

- Achieving effective school discipline for all educational levels, and familiarizing students and their parents with the guidelines and instructions related to behavior and order, and the importance of adhering to them.

- Providing a framework that regulates the duties and rights of students, in a way that enhances the sense of responsibility and belonging to the school.

- Respecting the rights and duties of all those involved in the educational process.

- Reducing the spread of behavioral problems that students and teachers are exposed to in schools.

- Providing opportunities for students to participate constructively and have the right to express their opinions through available social and educational activities. Everyone must apply the provisions of this regulation properly, without arbitrariness or favoritism, and in the interest of the regularity and discipline of school work, with the professional awareness, educational thought, religious and national dimension available to it; to eliminate unwanted behaviors.

The regulation is based on the Education Law, the Child Law, the guidelines and instructions issued by the Ministry of Education and Technical Education, as well as the educational foundations and rules based on sound scientific foundations, applied in all countries of the world, which guarantee the student the right to protection, and the right to learn in a safe and stimulating environment, away from fear and intimidation. The teacher has the right to work in safe conditions, which impose legal obligations on the student that he must adhere to, and in the event of violation, treatments or penalties are taken against his improper behavior.

The decision stipulates that the School Protection Committee shall be responsible for studying, analyzing and investigating the causes of complaints and behavioral problems that are brought to it by school students, their parents, or employees, related to violations that require remedial measures, and taking the necessary measures to solve the problems brought to it at the school, and applying the penalties and means of dealing with the violations mentioned in these regulations, in addition to coordinating with the School Social Service Office in the Education Administration; To take appropriate measures, as well as prepare a special file for the school called the school discipline file, which includes a list of all cases, and all measures taken to confront all forms of violations, as well as the programs and activities implemented to reduce them. A monthly report on the contents of the file is submitted to the sub-protection committee in the administration, provided that the committee meets at least once a month, or whenever necessary. The decision explained that behavioral violations are classified into four levels according to their degree, severity, and the impact of their commission on the student, the educational environment, and society in general. The procedures for each of them are implemented according to the provisions of these regulations, provided that each of them is documented, in accordance with the approved systems and models, and dealt with in accordance with educational values ​​and systems.