Breaking the Rod

Although the time had come in Bangladesh to re-examine the saying ‘spare the rod and spoil the child’, corporal punishment in educational institutes is still common in Bangladeshi schools — despite the fact that it was banned all most a year ago by the Hon’ble High Court. A writ petition was filed on 18.07.2010 in the public interest by two human rights and legal aid organisations challenging the systematic failure of the state to take action to investigate serious allegations of corporal punishment in primary and secondary educational institutions and madrasahs or to prevent further such incidents.

By Khan, Arafat