TN education dept orders setting up of school-specific committees to prevent corporal punishment

Chennai, The Tamil Nadu school education department has directed district education officers to constitute school-specific monitoring committees to prevent corporal punishment.The monitoring committees will include school heads, parents, teachers and senior students.The department has directed the committees to ensure that they promptly address any complaints regarding corporal punishments and to find out whether they have […]

Madras HC directs Tamil Nadu govt to implement guidelines against corporal punishment in schools

NEW DELHI: The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to implement the Guidelines for Elimination of Corporal Punishment in Schools (GECP) as outlined by the NCPCR.Justice SM Subramaniam observed that corporal punishment was unacceptable, as outlined in Section 17(1) of the Rights of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009.The court […]