“CORPORAL PUNISHMENTS IN SCHOOLS AND ITS EFFECT ON CHILDREN”
Keywords:
corporal punishment, Neglect, Physical Abuse, Policies, Sexual Abuse,Abstract
Corporal punishment is a violation of the basic human rights of a child. It can be virtually visualized in educational institutions globally either in the form of corporal punishments or physical abuse and as an emotional abuse as well as neglect and also in the different forms of mild or severe sexual abuses. Hosting the world’s second-largest education system, and by being the second most populous nation in the world, the problem of corporal punishments cannot be isolated from the country. In educational institutions it exists as an inalienable part of the system. The government has taken initiatives to control it, check it and eradicate it. Various legislations and acts support the mission of the government. However at the level of implementation, it is not much successful in the country. There is not a single law aimed at safeguarding children and protecting them against various forms of corporal punishments, which is a serious lacuna against this background and is needed urgently. This paper will focus on corporal punishments in educational institutions, the laws, legal loopholes, and The Protection of Children against the corporal punishments.
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