As schools tighten disciplinary measures, including caning for serious offences like bullying, a mother of two daughters ...

Earlier this month, the Kerala High Court, hearing the case of a teacher accused of caning a class 6 student, rationalised teachers carrying canes to educational institutions. “Let teachers, if they ...

Critics argued that corporal punishment has proved ineffective in putting pupils in check. In most cases, it resulted in injuries and avoidable deaths. They reckoned that beyond arrests, issuance of ...

Singapore’s education minister has confirmed that teachers are allowed to use caning to discipline unruly students in certain ...