Extending teachers'right to search kids

[Nick]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7502738.stm

Teachers should be able to search pupils to stop them bringing alcohol and drugs into school, says a review on tackling bad behaviour among pupils.

Sir Alan Steer is to deliver proposals from his government-commissioned review of ways to raise discipline in schools.

Alcohol is identified as a growing problem and Sir Alan wants teachers in England to have the legal power to search pupils and confiscate drink.

At present, teachers only have the right to search for weapons.

Si if you search Chesney or Wayne for weapons and find a bottle of vodka or some cocaine instead you let them keep the vodka/cocaine? Is that right? 

[Snoopy]

This is all bollox. Other laws come into play where drugs, drink etc are concerned. This "knee jerk" reaction is like so much that this Government does, designed to look as if they are "doing something" when in fact if they simply enforced existing laws the problems would be dealt with.