Previously, schools in Timor often used corporal punishment, the teaching language was Portuguese (and, after the invasion, it was Indonesian), and students were punished physically for speaking other languages. 
Hapo nyuma shule za Timori zilitumia adhabu kali, na lugha ya kufundishia ilikuwa ni Kireno ( na baada ya uvamizi wa Indonesia, ilikuwa ni Kiindonesia)na wanafunzi waliadhibiwa vikali kwa kuongea lugha nyingine.