HIGH school pupils in Gauteng's third biggest region have come out overwhelmingly in support of the reinstatement of corporal punishment in their school. Do you believe in corporal punishment? Can children who are not properly disciplined be raise to be proper citizens? Can a parent honestly discipline a child in anger and Godly love at the same time?
A study commissioned by the Gauteng legislature's portfolio committee on education has found that pupils in the West Rand region believe that a little bit of the forbidden cane would help instill discipline in schools.
The research findings released this week are based on data collected from among 400 pupils last year. Pupils said the Department of Education should devise new methods to discipline them. Corporal punishment was banned 15 years ago. rest here!
