This comes after a principal and a teacher of a private school in Bengaluru were booked for beating a student with PVC pipe ...

An Indian nurse at Singapore's Raffles Hospital received a jail sentence of 14 months and two strokes of the cane for ...

In a recent judgment, the Kerala High Court quashed the criminal proceedings initiated against a school teacher for beating his students with a cane.Justice C. Pratheep Kumar referred to ...

TMataz: Only a judge can allow caning as punishment for crime, as a deterrent to others, to remind everyone of the ...

The Penang chapter of the national teachers' union was also present, calling for fair treatment and a review of the caning policy in schools.

The recent surge of violent incidents in Malaysian schools from the shocking killing of a 16-year-old student in Selangor by ...

He said the ministry had previously issued Circular No. 7/2003: Teachers' Authority to Cane Students, reaffirming that ...

PKR deputy president Nurul Izzah Anwar today said Malaysia should consult experts before attempting to reintroduce corporal ...

The ongoing debate about abolishing corporal punishment in Sri Lankan schools is lively. It is also deplorable because, as ...

The Government’s recent decision to approve an amendment to the Penal Code that seeks to prohibit corporal punishment in all settings is a monumental and long-overdue step. If passed, this legislation ...

Kerala High Court quashes criminal proceedings against a teacher for caning a student, citing authority to enforce discipline.

It is deeply troubling that Sri Lanka’s long-overdue effort to criminalise corporal punishment of children has met such fierce resistance from sections of teachers and, most disappointingly, the ...