how to get rid of principals punshment
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DON'T DO WRONG.
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Despite awareness campaigns and several initiatives, many school-going children in India continue to face corporal punishment. A practice that can have severe long-term repercussions, it is time to recognise the problem of corporal punishment and eliminate it once and for all.
It is a usual sight for Gopal’s parents to see him come home with a bruised ear or swollen cheeks. His mother’s immediate reaction is, “His school teacher has probably disciplined him. They keep complaining about his poor performance in class tests.”
Gopal, who studies in Class 4, is one among many such school kids in his village who find themselves at the receiving end of the teacher’s stick. While Gopal got away with a bruised cheek, many students regularly suffer serious physical injuries and mental abuse in classrooms in India. Most of these cases do not receive the necessary attention as the punishment is considered by most as the only path towards discipline, even by parents.
This issue is widespread in Indian schools and has been affecting millions of school children every day, with long-term repercussions on their future. The Government of India has recently recognized that 65% of school-going children face corporal punishment. The biggest threat to eradicating it is lack of awareness about it.
The United Nations Committee in a Convention on the Rights of the Child, 2004 had concluded its observations on corporal punishment in India as, “The large population and high rate of growth are the major impediments to the implementation of educational initiatives. Also, extreme poverty and massive social inequality represent serious difficulties in the fulfillment of obligations.” The Committee regretted that some of the concerns it had previously expressed, and the recommendations it had made, had not been sufficiently addressed, notably regarding violence and corporal punishment.
Furthermore, the Ministry of Women & Child Development, in its research, studied more than 3,000 children aged between 5-18, asking about physical abuse by teachers. In all age groups, 65% reported being beaten at school, which amounts to a very large proportion of the student population. The reasons for punishment ranged from being absent from school due to illness, domestic work, missing classes, not doing their homework, performing poorly in exams, not wearing the uniform, and so on.
There are several social groups working actively towards replacing corporal punishment at schools with positive behavioural changes in students. The primary challenge they face is the lack of awareness at the level of teachers, parents, and school principals about the adverse impact of punishment on students.
Students discuss corporal punishment and its effect with teachers. (Source: Valley View School)
So what exactly is corporal punishment?
The Child Rights Charter 2003 of India specifically states, “All children have a right to be protected against neglect, maltreatment, and corporal punishment.” Additionally, in 2007, the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights, India issued a set of guidelines on corporal punishment and the efforts needed to abolish it within the educational system in India.
However, guidelines or laws are not enough to tackle the menace of corporal punishment. For starters, it is important that we are all aware of what amounts to corporal punishment. Corporal punishment is not just what you see as punishments, and physical abuse inside/outside the school classroom. It encompasses physical as well as mental abuse in schools.
Typically, physical forms of punishment involve slapping, punching students, twisting ears, hitting anywhere on the body, etc. Teachers carrying sticks to the classroom to discipline or scare students is the first stage of punishment, and needs to be strictly avoided. Physical punishment causes embarrassment and fear in students, but also has adverse effects on their health and performance.
Another form of punishment is the mental harassment of students through abuses, or ridiculing someone by academic status, family background, learning difficulty,