It adversely affects a child’s willingness to go to school and usually has a negative impact on academic performance. The detrimental effects of corporal punishment are well documented. In countries battling recurring cycles of violence, like Pakistan, comprehensive reform is urgently needed.

has called corporal punishment a form of violence against children, teachers continue to use these tactics to maintan discipline and get students to do work, even where it is banned. This horrific incident highlights a key challenge to improving Pakistan’s education system, where corporal punishment is regularly used to discipline students.Ĭorporal punishment in schools is legally permissable in 69 countries, including the U.S. Last September, a 17-year old student in Lahore, one of Pakistan’s largest cities, was beaten to death by his teacher for failing to memorize his lesson. (Diego Ibarra Sanchez/The New York Times) Students study outside of the Government Middle School for Boys, which was bombed by Taliban militants, in the Mohmand Agency in Pakistan, June 10, 2013. This is an all too common scene from an average school in Pakistan-and sometimes it can be much worse. Holding a stick wrapped in tape, she asks students to open their hands and then smacks their palms several times whenever they fail to answer her questions correctly. “Why are you smiling? Sit properly!” she calls out to one of the students. Shameen, a ninth grade teacher in a low-cost private school in Islamabad, frequently turns around from the whiteboard to shout at the children for slouching and making noise.

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