Say no to corporal punishment
Photo: Amirul Rajiv
I felt very disappointed when I read the letter entitled 'Dishonouring the teacher' published on 22nd February in your daily. This is very sad that still many teachers think that corporal punishment is needed to discipline their students. I want to tell all teachers who think in that way that to teach discipline, a teacher simply needs a good way of teaching, and nothing else. And corporal punishment cannot be a part of good teaching. In most of the developed countries in the West, corporal punishment has been outlawed decades ago. Have all students of those countries gone astray? The answer is unquestionably no. Then why do some teachers think that banning corporal punishment is a direct blow to their right? Be it a severe physical punishment or a light slap, all sorts of punishment should be avoided in schools. Even a mild physical punishment or humiliation can cause extreme psychological problems to a child. So I hope all the teachers, who believe that punishment in schools should not be banned, will contemplate these issues.
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