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'''Learning Objectives '''
 
'''Learning Objectives '''
 
  
  
 
|| In this tutorial we will discuss the following topics.
 
|| In this tutorial we will discuss the following topics.
  
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Definition of '''Corporal Punishment'''(CP)
  
*Some situations that lead to Corporal punishment.
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National Commission for the protection of Child Rights (NCPCR Website)
  
Types of corporal punishment
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Some situations that lead to '''Corporal punishment'''
  
Examples on how a teacher deals with the situation in a positive manner.
 
  
General perceptions and misconceptions on CP
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Some ground facts about CP
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|| '''Slide Number 3'''
  
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'''Learning Objectives '''
  
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||Types of '''Corporal punishment'''
  
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Examples on how a teacher deals with the situation in a positive manner
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General perceptions and misconceptions
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Some ground facts about CP
  
 
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|| '''Slide Number 4'''
 
|| '''Slide Number 4'''
  
The guidelines for eliminating Corporal Punishment in schools slide
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'''NCPCR Links'''
  
  
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|| The content for this tutorial is taken from the document,
 
|| The content for this tutorial is taken from the document,
  
“Guidelines for Eliminating Corporal Punishment in schools”
 
  
This document is published by '''NCPCR '''(National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights)
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'''“Guidelines for Eliminating Corporal Punishment in schools”'''
  
  
Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) and the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India.
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This document is published by
  
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'''NCPCR '''(National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights)
  
 
[https://ncpcr.gov.in/ https://ncpcr.gov.in/]
 
[https://ncpcr.gov.in/ https://ncpcr.gov.in/]
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Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) and the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India.
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Click on the '''Guidelines''' link.
 
Click on the '''Guidelines''' link.
  
Click on the archive link on the top right corner.
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Click on the '''Archives '''link on the top right corner.
  
Guidelines (archived) page opens.
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'''Guidelines (Archived) '''page opens.
  
 
Click on the link,
 
Click on the link,
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|| Scroll down the page.
 
|| Scroll down the page.
  
Here is the section of '''Definition of Corporal Punishment.'''
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Here is the section on '''Definition of Corporal Punishment.'''
  
  
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|| According to '''RTE Act 2009''', corporal punishment could be classified as Physical punishment,
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|| According to '''RTE Act 2009''',  
Mental harassment and  
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corporal punishment could be classified as  
Discrimination
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'''Physical punishment'''
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'''Mental harassment'''
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and  
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'''Discrimination'''
  
  
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Highlight the sections
 
Highlight the sections
|| Scroll down the page to RTE act, 2009.
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|| Scroll down the page to '''RTE act, 2009'''.
  
RTE act prohibits physical punishment and mental harassment,UNder section 17(1) and makes it a punishable offence under section 17(2)
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'''RTE act''' prohibits physical punishment and mental harassment,UNder '''section 17(1)''' and makes it is a punishable offence under section 17(2)
 
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|| Click on the D'''ownload''' button on the top right corner of the page
 
|| Click on the D'''ownload''' button on the top right corner of the page
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|| To download the document click on the download button on the top right corner of the page.
 
|| To download the document click on the download button on the top right corner of the page.
 
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|| In the dialog box click on''' “save''' '''file”''' option  
  
 
Click on '''Ok''' Button
 
Click on '''Ok''' Button
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Teacher tease the child in front of other students
 
  
  
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I don’t want to come to the school.”
 
I don’t want to come to the school.”
 
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|| Highlight the aspects of Physical punishment and mental harassment.
 
|| Highlight the aspects of Physical punishment and mental harassment.
|| Note that this is a form of both physical and mental harassment.
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|| Please note  this is a form of both physical and mental harassment.
 
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Teacher call him separately and help to do homework
 
Teacher call him separately and help to do homework
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This is an example of positive discipline.
 
This is an example of positive discipline.
 
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Ramu beat other children in the class
 
Ramu beat other children in the class
  
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Image 8
  
 
Teacher twisted the ears of Ramu.
 
Teacher twisted the ears of Ramu.
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|| Here is another situation,
 
|| Here is another situation,
  
Ramu is a naughty boy. He always trouble other students.  
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Ramu is a naughty boy. He always troubles other students.  
  
 
He hits other students while the teacher is taking the class.  
 
He hits other students while the teacher is taking the class.  
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|| As shown here in the guidelines, the punishment given to Ramu is a violation of rule.
 
|| As shown here in the guidelines, the punishment given to Ramu is a violation of rule.
 
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student arranging notebooks
 
student arranging notebooks
 
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In another classroom, class teacher has given the responsibility to the naughty student.
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In another classroom, the teacher has given the responsibility to the naughty student.
  
  
 
She asked him to collect notebooks from other students and arrange them in order.
 
She asked him to collect notebooks from other students and arrange them in order.
  
The child develops a sense of responsibility and behaves maturely in the class.
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This way the child develops a sense of responsibility and behaves maturely in the class.
  
  
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Image 10
  
Geetha is crying and telling mother.
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Geetha is crying and telling her mother.
 
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One more situation here,
 
One more situation here,
  
Geetha says to her mother, “My teacher pinched and slapped me today.
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Geetha says to her mother, “My teacher pinched and slapped me today.I did not wear proper uniform today.I don’t want to go to school anymore”.  
 
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I did not wear proper uniform today.
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I don’t want to go to school anymore”.  
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Teacher writes on her diary
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The teacher writes on her diary
  
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Image12
  
  
Teacher discuss with the parent
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Teacher discusses with the parent
 
|| Instead of pinching teacher could have made a note in her school diary.
 
|| Instead of pinching teacher could have made a note in her school diary.
  
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and explain the importance of coming to school in neat and proper uniform.
 
and explain the importance of coming to school in neat and proper uniform.
 
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Child's face disfigured
 
Child's face disfigured
 
|| Corporal Punishment leads to adverse physical, psychological and educational outcomes.  
 
|| Corporal Punishment leads to adverse physical, psychological and educational outcomes.  
  
It’s impact is long lasting.
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Its impact is long-lasting.
 
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|| Corporal Punishment still exists in schools for the following reasons:It is difficult for people to differentiate between '''“punishment”''' and''' “discipline”'''
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|| Corporal Punishment still exists in schools for the following reasons:  
Lack of skill or training to handle child’s misbehavior in diverse situations..
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It is difficult for people to differentiate between '''“punishment”''' and''' “discipline”'''
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Lack of skill or training to handle child’s misbehavior in diverse situations.
  
  
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'''General Perception'''
 
'''General Perception'''
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|| General perceptions and misconceptions about CP
  
  
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It is widely used by the teachers and parents regardless of its ineffectiveness.
 
 
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It is widely used by the teachers and parents regardless of its ineffectiveness.
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'''Some Ground Facts'''
 
'''Some Ground Facts'''
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|| Some ground facts about CP.No human being likes being hurt,physically or emotionally.
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|| Some ground facts about CP.No  
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human being likes being hurt, physically or emotionally.
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No child is admitted to a school to deserve CP.
 
No child is admitted to a school to deserve CP.
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It is natural for children to have different behavioral patterns.
 
It is natural for children to have different behavioral patterns.
CP is a violation of a child’s space and rights.
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According to '''UNCRC''', the Child is defined as a person in the 0 to 18 years age group.
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'''Some Ground Facts'''
  
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||CP is a violation of a child’s space and rights.
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'''Note for teachers'''
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According to '''UNCRC''', the Child is defined as a person in the age group OF 0 to 18 years.
  
  
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'''Note for teachers'''
  
  
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'''Summary slide'''
 
'''Summary slide'''
|| This brings to the end of the tutorial. In this tutorial we have discussed about *Definition and links to website.
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|| This brings to the end of the tutorial. In this tutorial,
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we have discussed about *Definition and links to website.
 
*Some situations that lead to Corporal punishment.
 
*Some situations that lead to Corporal punishment.
 
Types of corporal punishment
 
Types of corporal punishment

Revision as of 12:46, 1 October 2019

Visual Cue Narration
Slide Number 1

Title slide

Welcome to the spoken tutorial on Corporal Punishment in Schools


Slide Number 2

Learning Objectives


In this tutorial we will discuss the following topics.

Definition of Corporal Punishment(CP)

National Commission for the protection of Child Rights (NCPCR Website)

Some situations that lead to Corporal punishment


Slide Number 3

Learning Objectives

Types of Corporal punishment

Examples on how a teacher deals with the situation in a positive manner

General perceptions and misconceptions

Some ground facts about CP

Slide Number 4

NCPCR Links


Published NCPCR (National Commission for Protection

of Child Rights)

The content for this tutorial is taken from the document,


“Guidelines for Eliminating Corporal Punishment in schools”


This document is published by

NCPCR (National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights)

https://ncpcr.gov.in/


Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) and the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India.


Open the Website in web-browser

https://ncpcr.gov.in/

Show the first page and guidelines link on the left-panel.

Here is the link for NCPCR website.

I have opened the website in a webbrowser.This is the home page.

Links to various web pages and documents are available in the Navigation section on the left side of this page.


Show different links on the left side

Shows different links

Click on the Guidelines link.


Click on the link.


Scroll down,

Click on the Guidelines link.

Click on the Archives link on the top right corner.


Guidelines (Archived) page opens.

Click on the link,

Guidelines for eliminating Corporal punishment in schools.

Point to the document The document opens in a new window.
The document is divided into various sections and subsections.
Go to Guidelines.

Highlight


Scroll down the page.

Here is the section on Definition of Corporal Punishment.


Currently, there is no statutory definition of corporal punishment of children in Indian law.

Definition of corporal punishment can at best only be indicative.

Please read this section carefully.

Highlight the classification in the guidelines.


According to RTE Act 2009,

corporal punishment could be classified as

Physical punishment

Mental harassment and

Discrimination


Scroll down the page.

Highlight UN definition.

Scroll down the page.


The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child defines corporal punishment as follows:

The Committee defines “corporal” or “physical” punishment as any punishment in which physical force is used and intended to cause some degree of pain or discomfort, however light.

Magnify and show the section. Please read the section carefully to understand the definition of corporal punishment.
Scroll down to RTE sections.

Highlight the sections

Scroll down the page to RTE act, 2009.

RTE act prohibits physical punishment and mental harassment,UNder section 17(1) and makes it is a punishable offence under section 17(2)

Click on the Download button on the top right corner of the page Please download the document and read all the sections of this document carefully.
Click on the download button on the top right corner of the page. To download the document click on the download button on the top right corner of the page.
In the dialog box click on “save file” option

Click on Ok Button

A dialog-box opens which prompts you to save the file.

Click on Ok Button. The file downloads to the Downloads folder.

Show Downloads folder.


The file downloads to the download folder.
Let us begin with some common incidents observed in schools.
Image 1

Children playing in the school ground.

Here is a situation,It is lunchtime, <children are playing in the playground.
Image 2


Vani and her friends sitting in a corner.

In the corner of the ground, Anil, Vani and Vivek are sitting very gloomy.
Image 3

Children are discussing.


(Depressed child)

They seem to be very depressed.

They are discussing about bad experiences they had in the classroom .

Image 4 (Animation)

Anil says to other children.




Anil says, “I don’t understand Mathematics.

I am unable to do my homework properly.


My parents cannot help me with my homework.


My teacher made fun of me and asked me to stand outside the classroom.


I don’t want to come to the school.”

Image 5 (Animation)


Vivek says


Vani says


Anil says

Vivek says,


“As we are not good in studies, all other students make fun of us.



Vani says,


Even they are not ready to talk to us.


Anil says,

All teachers are angry and teasing us every day.”

Highlight the aspects of Physical punishment and mental harassment. Please note this is a form of both physical and mental harassment.
Image 6

Teacher call him separately and help to do homework

In another classroom Mathematics teacher is helping a student to understand the concepts.


He is seen helping him to complete homework after school hours.


This is an example of positive discipline.

Image 7

Ramu beat other children in the class

Image 8

Teacher twisted the ears of Ramu.


Here is another situation,

Ramu is a naughty boy. He always troubles other students.

He hits other students while the teacher is taking the class.

Teacher twisted his ears and asked him to stand in a corner of the class.

Highlight the aspects of physical punishment from the guidelines. As shown here in the guidelines, the punishment given to Ramu is a violation of rule.
Image 9

student arranging notebooks

In another classroom, the teacher has given the responsibility to the naughty student.


She asked him to collect notebooks from other students and arrange them in order.

This way the child develops a sense of responsibility and behaves maturely in the class.


This is an example of positive discipline.

Image 10

Geetha is crying and telling her mother.

One more situation here,

Geetha says to her mother, “My teacher pinched and slapped me today.I did not wear proper uniform today.I don’t want to go to school anymore”.


Image 11

The teacher writes on her diary

Image12


Teacher discusses with the parent

Instead of pinching teacher could have made a note in her school diary.


She could have also called the parent,


and explain the importance of coming to school in neat and proper uniform.

Image 13

Child's face disfigured

Corporal Punishment leads to adverse physical, psychological and educational outcomes.

Its impact is long-lasting.

Images 14



In the above examples, we have seen that there is a clear difference between punishment and discipline.

Punishment creates negative emotions.

Positive discipline will teach the child about mutual respect, self esteem and dignity.

Slide Number 5

Persistence of corporal punishment


Corporal Punishment still exists in schools for the following reasons:

It is difficult for people to differentiate between “punishment” and “discipline”

Lack of skill or training to handle child’s misbehavior in diverse situations.


Slide Number 6

General Perception

General perceptions and misconceptions about CP


Punishing children is regarded as acceptable, whether in the family or school.

It is considered as necessary to implement CP to become competent and responsible individual.

This is a misconception.


Slide Number 7 General Perception


It is widely used by the teachers and parents regardless of its ineffectiveness.

Slide Number 8

Some Ground Facts


Some ground facts about CP.No

human being likes being hurt, physically or emotionally.

No child is admitted to a school to deserve CP.

It is natural for children to have different behavioral patterns.

Slide Number 9

Some Ground Facts

CP is a violation of a child’s space and rights.

According to UNCRC, the Child is defined as a person in the age group OF 0 to 18 years.


Slide Number 10

Note for teachers


Your occupation can’t be an excuse for violating the law.

Legal consequences can be quite severe. CP Violations of sections of IPC, RTE Act 2009, UNCRC


We will learn more about CPin the upcoming tutorials.


Slide Number 11

Summary slide

This brings to the end of the tutorial. In this tutorial,
we have discussed about *Definition and links to website.
  • Some situations that lead to Corporal punishment.

Types of corporal punishment Examples on how a teacher deals with the situation in a positive manner. Perceptions on CP Some ground facts about CP


Slide Number 10

Spoken Tutorial video

Watch the video available at the following link.

It summaries the Spoken Tutorial project.


If you do not have a good bandwidth you can download and watch it.


Slide Number 11

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Slide Number 12

Acknowledgment.

Spoken Tutorial Project is a part of the Talk to a Teacher project.

It is Supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Government of India.

More information on this mission is available at[1]http://spoken-tutorial.org\NMEICT-Intro


About the contributors


This is Snehalatha Kaliyappan,Viji Nair, Saurabg Gadgil from IIT Bombay Signing off.

Contributors and Content Editors

Nancyvarkey, Snehalathak, Vijinair

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