Corporal Punishment

Ulhasnagar: Minor boys paraded naked for allegedly stealing food, shop keeper arrested

Two minor boys were stripped and paraded with garlands of slippers for allegedly stealing a food item from a sweet shop in Thane, police said on Sunday.

Amity student's suicide exposes abuse by teachers that our society ignores or encourages

The suicide of Sushant Rohilla from the Amity Law School in Noida reveals how 'tough love' and 'harmless' practices by teachers are harming our children.

'State kidnappings': Norway's child care policy a nightmare for foreign parents

Norway's child welfare services removes children from their homes, placing them in institutions or foster families due to perceived shortcomings in their care.

Not again! 11-year-old boy beaten to death by principal over stolen pencil, eraser

A 11 year old school kid from Rahelamau, a village in UP, was beaten to death by the principal because he allegedly stole a pencil and eraser

Blind caning the blind: How Media missed the real story about Indian schools

If anything this story highlights once again how unsafe and scary our schools can be.

WB: Thrashed by private tutor, 9-year-old dies

A nine-year-old boy died here after he was thrashed by his private tutor for his inability to answer a question. Atanu Hazra, the son of a daily farm labourer, was beaten up with a stick by his private tutor, a neighbour at Ganphulia village in Katwa sub-division on May 27 evening, SP S M H Mirza said today.

Dadar school sues parents for Rs 1 cr for police complaint against teachers

In March, parents went to cops complaining about their boy being made to clean a toilet as punishment. School responds with defamation notice

Thrashed by teacher, 8-year-old dies in Kolkata hospital

A class three student of a primary school in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district died on Friday, days after he was mercilessly thrashed by his teacher who allegedly beat him with a stick before banging his head against a wall.

Visva-Bharati revisited: School boy made to drink urine in Tamil Nadu

Now, a 14-year-old boy in a Tamil Nadu residential school has been forced to drink his own urine as punishment from his teachers.

Visva Bharati apologises to student, promises overhaul of hostel system

After a girl student was forced by a warden to drink her own urine, the university has decided to overhaul the warden-matron system in its hostels and has expressed regret over the incident.