Corporal Punishment of Children in Schools: Way Forward

Corporal Punishment of Children in Theoretical Perspective

Corporal Punishment in Private Schools: The Case of Kathmandu, Nepal

The purpose of this study was to elaborate the situation of corporal punishment which is being practiced in Nepalese schools going against new policies that promote the non-violence teaching. It was based on original qualitative study of one private school of Kathmandu (the capital city of Nepal) having more than 2000 students and 100 teachers. Results from FGD, observation of the classroom pra...

Corporal punishment of children: changing the culture.

The Ban on Corporal Punishment of Children

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has criticised Australia (and many other countries) in State Reports released in 1997, 2005 and, most recently, 2011, for not introducing a ban on corporal punishment by parents of their children in line with Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (‘CROC’). In light of this criticism, and the clear recommendation to ban parental co...

Children experiencing violence. II: Prevalence and determinants of corporal punishment in schools.

OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to reveal the prevalence and determinants of corporal punishment in preparatory (middle) and secondary (high) schools in Alexandria. METHODS A cross sectional survey targeting preparatory and secondary school students enrolled in main stream public schools was conducted. The multistage random sample technique was adopted to select a priori estimated sample ...