School discipline

According to the Ministry of Education, more than 6,043 students have been suspended for mobile phone use since the beginning of the school year.

While teachers have welcomed the new ban on mobile phones with relief, many parents have expressed strong opposition in defense of their children.

Seeking to tackle the rise in cases of bullying, the government has announced a series of preventive measures which include, among others, stricter penalties for students for acts of violence at school and parents' co-responsibility for their children's actions.

A legislative proposal by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) might pave the way to penalize tour guides who strategically steer tourists toward certain establishments for shopping or lodging, securing commissions in return from these businesses.

They stated that the epidemiological situation is becoming increasingly difficult, and that "the collapse of the educational system is possible due to the illness of teachers."

A teacher on the island of Rhodes who allegedly locked a primary school pupil in a classroom at the end of a lesson as a punishment has been dismissed, reports said on Monday.

The decision to dismiss the teacher was taken by Education Minister Costas Gavroglou after he was informed of the incident on June 7.

Explosion crashed private school in Minneapolis, AP reported. At least three people are in critical condition and another four are in severely injured, CNN reported.

Rescue teams continue to search for two adults among the ruins. At the moment, they are considered to be dead.

Using and sharing posts on social media during school time without the knowledge of a teacher has been banned in high schools across Turkey.