Archive for the ‘corporal punishment’ Category
7 Teachers beat an 11 Year old for not doing homework
Here is another case of corporal punishment. I think it is high time some serious action was taken against the schools and erring teachers.
IBN Reports
A sixth standard student of the Vinod English High School in Bangalore, Sangeetha was physically tortured by seven of her teachers on Thursday.
The teachers said that Sangeetha hadn’t done her homework [...]
February 5, 2009
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Insulting A Child Is Also Corporal Punishment
ExpressIndia Link
Making a student kneel down or stand for hours and pinching or slapping him or her could land teachers in trouble as all acts involving insult or humiliation to the child could soon be banned in schools.
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NCPCR Chairperson Shantha Sinha has written to all chief secretaries recommending that there should be no gradations [...]
February 5, 2009
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What Is Wrong With Our Teachers?
Right after the news of death of a student because of teacher atrocity comes the report of electrocuting and beating kids to punish them for their “own good”. There is this other teacher who paraded a kid naked for taking a dip in the school tank. At least this one got one year jail. [...]
February 5, 2009
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Corporal Punishment - Why is it needed at all?
I have always wondered why is it necessary to award corporal punishment to school kids? So far I haven’t found an answer. This particular incident once again got me thinking.
Ujjwala Andrews, a teacher in city’s Vinay High School, will serve one year of simple imprisonment for causing the grievous injury to Munir Patel 11 years [...]
March 22, 2007
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