Tag: corporal punishment in TN

Chennai, The Tamil Nadu school education department has directed district education officers to constitute school-specific monitoring committees to prevent corporal punishment.The monitoring committees will include school heads, parents, teachers and senior students.The department has directed the committees to ensure that they promptly address any complaints regarding corporal punishments and to find out whether they have resulted in mental harassment of students.As per the Right to Education Act, 2009 corporal punishment includes physical punishment, mental harassment and discrimination.The department has also directed the district education officers to keep vigil on corporal punishment in schools under their jurisdiction as the state wants ... Read more