Schools were yesterday urged to make greater use of buddying systems and pupil councils to combat bullying and indiscipline.
First Minister Jack McConnell said such schemes – already widely used – were the key to long-term good behaviour in schools, rather than tough rules.
The comments, during First Minister's Questions in the Scottish Parliament, follow a difficult week for the Scottish Executive on education after the publication of a report on indiscipline.
An executive-funded study published on Monday by the National Foundation for Educational Research reported that almost half of secondary teachers in Scotland saw violence as a problem in their school. The most common complaint was low-level indiscipline, which ground down teacher morale.
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