LONDON:Teachers in Britain will be able to take parents of disruptive pupils to court under government plans to be unveiled tomorrow.

Schools will get stronger powers to ask for the imposition of parenting orders, which could mean families being forced to attend classes to learn how to control their offspring.

A parenting order requires parents to take specific steps to control a child's behaviour - including attending parenting courses or counselling sessions, ensuring their children are at home at a certain time, or avoiding certain situations and people, the Guardian reported yesterday.

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