Teachers say caning is effective

 

There seemed to be an endless argument about the use of corporal punishment in schools in the UK during the 1970s and 80s. Ahead of a case to be heard at the European Court of Human Rights, Reuter news agency reviewed the state of the debate.

‘Caning is traditionally one of the sanctions available to teachers in this country. It is used as a means of maintaining good behavior and persuading some children who are idle to be less idle. Parents use the cane, so why shouldn’t teachers who are in a more difficult situation,’ a spokesman for a group of teachers advocating the cane, said.

Reuter agency report as published in the Gazette (Montreal, Canada), 5 March 1979.

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