1 CORPORAL PUNISHMENT IN SCHOOLS IN SOUTH ASIA Submitted to the Committee on the Rights of the Child Day of General Discussion on Violence Against Children 28 September 2001 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 I. INTRODUCTION 4 II. HOW CHILDREN ARE AFFECTED BY CORPORAL 5 PUNISHMENT 2.1 Risk for the Child’s Physical and Psychological Health 5 2.2 Impact on Retention and Learning Achievements 6 III. LEGAL FRAMEWORK 7 3.1 The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the
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Corporal Punishment as an Act of Dicipline Every now and then we hear about cases where school children are hit by their teachers even over minor mistakes‚ and even recently we heard about a case where a ten year old boy was beaten by his teacher in Singapore (Corpun‚ 2000). This caused a widely publicized case in the local and even some international media. It has been debated and argued by many parties as corporal punishment and is now viewed as something which does not have any valid justification
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Corporal Punishment in Schools Corporal punishment is the deliberate infliction of pain as retribution for an offence‚ or for the purpose of disciplining or reforming a wrongdoer‚ or to deter attitudes or behaviour deemed unacceptable (Miller‚ Vandome‚ & McBrewster‚ 2009). Corporal punishment can be divided into three categories‚ these include: judicial‚ domestic and school. For the purpose of this essay we will be focusing on school corporal punishment‚ the advantages and guidelines to follow
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Parental Corporal Punishment In different households across the nation many parents spank‚ whip‚ swat‚ or paddle children in order to punish them for doing wrong or to act as a buffer against unacceptable behavior. These types of actions are acts of corporal punishment. Researchers Abraham Andero and Allen Stewart of Alabama State University define corporal punishment as “a discipline method in which a supervising adult deliberately inflicts pain upon a child in response to a child’s unacceptable
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Corporal punishment in schools?? Advocates of school corporal punishment argue that it provides an immediate response to indiscipline and that the student is quickly back in the classroom learning‚ rather than being suspended from school. Opponents believe that other disciplinary methods are equally or more effective. Some regard it as tantamount to violence or abuse. In the United States and the United Kingdom‚ and generally in the English-speaking world‚ the use by schools of corporal punishment
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Education has improved vastly over the last few years. With the ever-growing industry of technology‚ corporal punishment being taken away‚ and increasing opportunities for more people‚ it is hard not to see the positive changes. With the growth of education‚ there has been a growth in opportunity as well. There are now more opportunities for more people of different ages. The average age of college students has been slowly evolving. Many people are choosing to go back to school to receive a higher
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Corporal punishment is a very complex and controversial topic. It’s hard to decide what is right and what is wrong when discussing how to discipline children. There are some people who are unfamiliar with the term corporal punishment and for you‚ I have provided a definition. It is the use of physical force with the intention of causing a child to experience pain‚ but not injury‚ for the purpose of correction or control of the child’s behavior. I have had the opportunity to read several definitions
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Purpose: To persuade the audience to be for corporal punishment in Desoto county schools. Attention-Getter: Good morning. How is everyone doing today? If you were caught in a wildfire would you think to start a smaller more controlled fire in a line or circular pattern to deplete the fuel source of the oncoming blaze? In this case the term fighting fire with fire is being used literally but there are other cases where this phrase isn’t so literal. Some vaccinations use the same virus that caused
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Aloufi‚ Badriah Ali Pre-Degree 3 ILAC 31 May 2013 USE OF CORPORAL PUNISHMENT Introduction Corporal punishment (CP) is the use of physical force with the intention of causing a child to experience pain but not injury for thepurposes of correction or control of the child’s behavior. Corporal punishment could adversely affect cognitive ability. Being slapped or spanked is a frightening and threatening event that children experience ashighly stressful. Fright and stress can
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The opposition team has earlier raised the point of the safety of corporal punishment in schools. But this point they have raised is completely invalid as corporal punishment ‚ caning‚ is done in a very safe and non-emotionally scarring way. After a student commits an offence‚ they will have a talk to a teacher or discipline master. And if the student is defiant and would not admit his mistake and repent‚ the parents are called up. The parents are consulted on the student’s behavior and asked
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