The Sindh Assembly has unanimously passed a resolution against corporal punishment to children both in private and public schools here on Thursday.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti has also taken notice of the issue of corporal punishment in schools.
Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has also ordered that education must be imparted through love and not violence.
Earlier, the chief minister had taken notice of corporal punishment and said he will introduce legislation against the issue both in public and private schools.
The corporal punishment covers official punishment to school students for misbehaviour. It is usually administered either across the buttocks or on the hands, with an implement specially kept for the purpose such as a rattan cane, wooden paddle, slipper, leather strap or a wooden yardstick. Less commonly, it also includes spanking or smacking the student in a deliberate manner on a specific part of the body with the open hand, especially at the elementary school level.
Advocates of school corporal punishment argue that it provides an immediate response to indiscipline and that the student is quickly back in the classroom learning, rather than being suspended from school. Opponents believe that other disciplinary methods are equally or more effective. Some regard it as tantamount to violence or abuse.
