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Corporal punishment barbaric, old fashioned – Mosojane

Students in assembly PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Students in assembly PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

FRANCISTOWN: Former Tatitown customary court president, Margaret Mosojane has said corporal punishment should be abolished as it is old fashioned given the evolution of education in recent years.

She was reacting to a recent savingram from the Ministry of Education that strongly warned teachers against the use of corporal punishment on students.

The statement reads thus; the ministry has been inundated with reports of incidents of excessive use of corporal punishment adding that some of the cases involve newly arrived learners who may not be able to settle well given the traumatic experience.

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