Sahel EDU

Managing discipline and sanctions: a written scale, human decisions, a record parents can follow

A fair sanction depends on knowing what happened, what the regulations say and what has already been done for this student. With Sahel EDU, school discipline management software, the system suggests a measure from the school’s own scale, but the senior supervisor or the head always decides. Parents are summoned, the disciplinary council is recorded, and nothing is erased.

What discipline becomes when it relies on a notebook

In many schools, discipline lives in the supervisor’s notebook and memory. That works while the same person stays in post, and it weakens as soon as a student disputes a sanction or a parent asks what was done.

A warning given orally leaves no trace, so the next reprimand looks arbitrary.
Unexcused absences are counted by hand, and the threshold is passed without anyone noticing.
A parent’s summons gets lost between the student’s notebook and the family.
The disciplinary council meets without the alleged facts gathered on a single sheet.

Write a sanctions scale before applying one

Managing discipline in a secondary school starts with a scale written into the school regulations, known to students and parents. It says which facts call for which measure, and who has the power to impose it.

In common practice, a scale runs from a warning to a reprimand, from detention or extra work to a temporary exclusion, then, for serious offences, to the disciplinary council. By custom, permanent exclusion is pronounced only after it. The 1998 framework law on education also bans corporal punishment: a scale can contain none.

The facts: absences and late arrivals, behaviour in class, cheating, violence, damage.
The measures, from lightest to heaviest, without skipping steps for no reason.
The powers: what the senior supervisor decides, what belongs to the head, what falls to the council.
The right of parents to be informed and heard before a serious measure.
A review of the scale every year, like the regulations.

With Sahel EDU: a measure suggested, a human decision

The school sets its absence scale, meaning the hour thresholds that call for a measure. When a student reaches a threshold, the “Absence thresholds reached” page suggests the measure. The senior supervisor or the head confirms it on a page that rereads the reason, after ticking the confirmation box, or dismisses it and gives a reason.

The measures available are a warning, extra work, a reprimand, temporary exclusion and permanent exclusion. The system never sanctions by itself. Decisions are kept, dated and logged.

Absences counted in hours, excused or not, taken from the register.
A scale that can be set by each school, laid down at the start then adapted to its regulations.
Exclusion and the council reserved for the head, the deputy head and the senior supervisor.
Sanctions on the file shown in the student’s 360° view.

Summoning parents and convening the disciplinary council

The school life team summons a parent, stating the reason, the day, the time and the place. The letter can be printed, and the outcome is recorded: the parent came or did not, or the summons was cancelled, with what was agreed. The family sees the summons in its space.

The disciplinary council is convened with the alleged facts. Parents are summoned as a matter of course so they can be heard, and its members are named, whether they are staff or outsiders such as a parents’ representative. The head then records the decision and the minutes, which can be printed.

The reason, date, time and place of each summons.
The outcome, so that what was agreed is not lost.
The council members, the alleged facts, the decision and the minutes.
A permanent exclusion that cannot be recorded outside a council.

What parents see, and what stays on the file

The school regulations can be drafted in the application, published in versions, then read and confirmed by parents and students. The head can see how many have read them. This is the best support for a disputed sanction: the family cannot say it did not know the rule.

The file gathers absences, sanctions and summonses. Unexcused absences feed the identification of at-risk students, with a log of calls to families. The register of sanctions can be exported to a spreadsheet for the head’s needs.

Regulations published in versions, with a count of readings.
Summonses visible to the family.
An exportable register of sanctions.

Limits and good practice

Sahel EDU does not say what should be sanctioned: the scale belongs to the school. It keeps the facts, suggests a measure from the thresholds and traces the decision.

To start, reread the school regulations, set the absence scale, then get supervisors used to confirming or dismissing each suggestion with a reason.

Never an automatic sanction: a person decides and signs.
A dismissed suggestion keeps its reason, so it can be explained later.
The scale laid down at the start must be confirmed against the school’s regulations.
A serious measure always calls for informing the parents.

Frequently asked questions

Does the software sanction students by itself?

No. It suggests a measure when an absence threshold is reached, and the senior supervisor or the head confirms or dismisses it, with a reason. No sanction is automatic.

Can a student be permanently excluded without a disciplinary council?

No. In Sahel EDU, a permanent exclusion cannot be recorded outside a disciplinary council.

Are parents informed of a summons?

Yes. The summons can be printed and the family sees it in its space. The outcome, whether the parent came or not, is recorded.

Can the thresholds be adapted to the school regulations?

Yes. The absence scale can be set by each school, and it only applies through the decision of a person.

Can we try discipline management before committing?

Yes. The free trial lasts 30 days, with no commitment. The price is then negotiated with each school and can be read on the Pricing page.

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Try Sahel EDU free for 30 days, no commitment. Afterwards, the price is negotiated with your school and confirmed in writing.

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