Sir,
This has reference to a facebook post, posted by a worried father which shows a teacher giving corporal punishment to his son. The post evoked much response from the netizens. It surprised me most when I read comments advocating corporal punishment for the better future of students community.
It made me sad on learning that people still believe in medieval practices. This practice needs to be discouraged at the earliest.
There are national and international laws which prohibit corporal punishment in schools.
The Article 21A of the constitution prohibits physical and mental harassment of students in Indian schools. Right to Education Bill 2009 also clearly bans corporal punishment, besides physical, mental and sexual harassment of students.
Mahatma Gandhi Ji says ‘ A good student is a good citizen of future”. So it is responsibility of the society and all those people influencing to build good citizens, so that we could have a better India in the upcoming centuries and to do so our teachers must be good citizens.
Corporal punishment in no way is going to do any good to students, nor to education. Attempts should be made to do away with this medieval practice.
Yours etc…
Atty Han
GGM Science College
Jammu
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