Caloundra Christian College also has a strict disciplinary policy. What the school calls “corporal correction” is followed by a time of “restoration and prayer”.
ISQ acting executive director David Robertson said behaviour management policies were a matter for schools.
“Discipline policies are developed by schools in consultation with their parent communities,” he said.
Several parents of students at Mueller College told The Sunday Mail they supported the school’s discipline policy.
“The school does do a good job. Problems are quickly sorted out,” parent Julie Wilden said. “We had it (the cane) when we were kids at school and it never hurt us.”
Spokesmen for Catholic Education and Brisbane Anglican Schools said corporal punishment was banned at their schools.