Corporal punishment barbaric, old fashioned – Mosojane
Friday, March 17, 2023 | 120 Views |
Students in assembly PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
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.
That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...