Caning will not end student indiscipline
THE STANDARD OPINION The spate of indiscipline in secondary schools has once again found us flat-footed. Suggestions on how to address the problem have come from various persuasions. Some, like the re-introduction of corporal punishment, are cranky, simplistic and have no place in the 21st century. There are alternatives to the use of the cane as deterrence for misbehaviour. Indiscipline in schools has been a major feature of our secondary school system. Tomes have been written about the issue and how best to mitigate it. Even during the corporal punishment period, every second term, school...
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