A stricter school discipline framework announced by the Ministry of Education has revived debate on the effectiveness of ...

Under new guidelines caning will only be used as a punishment for male students aged nine and above as a ‘last resort’ ...

In 2023, corporal punishment - or violent discipline at the hands of caregivers - was cited by UNICEF as the most common form of violence against children. It is estimated that 86% of the world's ...

In 2016, in a classroom in the hilly city of Mwanza, in northwestern Tanzania, a group of about 20 girls took turns demonstrating to me how their teachers hit them using canes. The secondary school ...