Educate our teachers on alternatives to corporal punishment

Mar 24, 2014 Letters

Dear Editor,
Corporal punishment violates human rights, physical integrity and human dignity, it carries lasting scars on children and must be thrown out of our schools, it is uncivilized and a poor excuse to physically abuse children and has never proven to correct behavior. Corporal punishment instills pain, stress and anxiety on children and the emotional and psychological effects can last a lifetime.
Corporal punishment teaches children that it is right for powerful persons to be violent towards the weak and to resolve conflicts through violence; we see this behavior constantly in our schools among students. Guyana has to overcome a history of institutional violence being used during slavery, indenture ship and colonialism to force submission and to entrench relations of superiority and inferiority.
There is a vast majority of parents who do not hit nor abuse their kids at home but on the other hand are sending them to schools where their teachers do just that.
That is total nonsense and should not be tolerated by Guyanese parents. Our children are our greatest assets, therefore we should invest the time necessary to groom them to achieve discipline through other healthy methods and not use the easiest and cheapest method which is corporal punishment. Corporal punishment is ineffective and has never produced positive results, it’s like sweeping dirt under the rug, the problem is only covered up, not fixed.
We need to fix the problem from the root, educate our teachers more on how to use substitute methods instead of torturing our children.
Come on parents! Corporal punishment is a method that was thrown out by civilized society’s decades ago and Guyanese parent should not tolerate it in this era of science and technology. Our fore parents fought to remove the whip from the fields; we need to fight to remove the whip from schools.
There is a particular high school in Berbice which must be addressed by the Ministry of Education in regards to corporal punishment;
There are constant complains from students that teachers from this school torture them through different means which includes;
· Locking them out of school in the sun
· Use abusive language on them
· Hit and ridicule them in front of other students
·Give them unhealthy chores to do
·And the list goes on
As a parent, I am calling on other parents to take their stand against corporal punishment in schools. Let the authorities take steps to protect our children so they won’t be victims of corporal punishment and can make outstanding contributions to society.
Share your views, comments and issues on; www.saynotocorporal punishment.wordpress.com
Neri Alli

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