SUNGAI PETANI: Teachers should not use corporal punishment on their students, even those with serious disciplinary problems, said Deputy Education Minister P Kamalanathan.
He said this should be a core value in teachers, as the old method of punishing through physical means was no longer applicable today.
“A teacher cannot cause harm or hurt a pupil, to me that is the main rule, no matter what reason, you cannot lay your hands on a child, if you have a problematic kid, there are always counselling sessions, there are always parents, talk to them.
“If the child has serious discipline problems, call the parents to the school, explain to them, work together with the parents,” he told the media here today.
Kamalanathan was commenting on several incidences of violence involving teachers and students in schools recently.
– BERNAMA