Teachers beware and think twice before punishing students as the Apex Court has put a blanket ban on corporal punishments in its order dated 01/12/2000.
A discussion on ‘Corporal punishment and education’ was held at Prajna Counselling Centre on Wednesday to discuss the circular from state government on prohibiting corporal punishments in schools.
During the discussions it was decided to bring together the educational department at the taluk and the district levels, NGOs and other organisations working for educational development to discuss about corporal punishment and to make decisions based on the opinions given by the students, parents and teachers.
Praveen Kumar from VALORED said that incidents of atrocities on children have increased in recent past.
The Supreme Court lays down certain guidelines which state that making students run in the school premises, making them stand in the class, asking them to stand putting their hands up, making them sit like a chair, beating them with canes and rulers, pinching, slapping, insulting them by words or locking them up in the classroom are all forms of Corporal punishments that can bare negative impact on a child’s psychie.
The circular clearly states that these punishments do not do good to the child as it is not possible to inculcate discipline in children through these means, while it only instills fear in them.
