GHG prohibits corporal punishment in private and public schools

General News on Friday, January 18, 2019

Source: citinewsroom.com

2019-01-18

The Ghana Education Service (GES) banned canning in primary and secondary schools.

In a statement signed by Deputy Executive Director Anthony Boateng, the GES said the ban affected both public schools and private schools in the country.

The ban aims to promote a safe and protective learning environment for children.

"It is from the perspective of the Positive Discipline Toolkit, which contains positive and constructive alternatives to correcting children, was developed in 2016 as a component of the School Safety Resource Kit."

The statement ordered all schools to immediately adopt the toolbox with alternative sanctions as corrective measures for students and students in schools.

The tool said that "in addition to the physical pain that corporal punishment inflicts on children, this approach also causes significant emotional harm. Among the lasting effects of this method of discipline, schoolchildren understand physical scars, emotional scars (trauma, fear, shyness, etc.) and violent behavior.

The steps to address inappropriate student behavior, as suggested by the toolkit, include defining clbad rules with students, encouraging them to adopt good behavior, prompting students to recite statements periodically to confirm their adherence to the rules. standards of behavior defined for the clbad.

They also include explaining to the child why a particular behavior that he or she has presented is unacceptable.

The recommended sanctions for children, as suggested by the toolkit, include removal of responsibility or removal from a management position, cleaning, change of seat, badignment of additional duties and writing lines, for example. A complete book of "I will never speak in clbad again."