Students May Face Suspension for Fake Coughing in UK School Amid Coronavirus Scare

As schools prepare to open across the globe, strict social distancing guidelines are to be implemented along with behavioural rules that must strictly be adhered to. One such school in the UK has warned parents that students will be suspended if they did not abide by these rules that included “fake coughing”, reports the Daily Mail. In one of the most punitive behavioural policies, the school in East Sussex has mentioned few ‘coronavirus red lines’ where it warned people against a fixed-term exclusion if they maliciously cough or sneeze at any point, make inappropriate statements around coronavirus, or purposeful physical contact with any person among others. “Should a student decide not to respect these, this will be treated as a very serious disciplinary matter,” said a school’s authority adding that around the country, pupils will slowly have to get used to different such rules to further fight the pandemic. The UK Department of Education has released a set of guidelines as “all pupils, in all year groups, will return to school full-time from the beginning of the autumn term.” “This guidance is intended to support schools, both mainstream and alternative provision, to prepare for this.