Impact of Corporal Punishment on the Academic Achievement of Students</p>

Zubaida; Amjad Reba

IOARP Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Research

Impact of Corporal Punishment on the Academic Achievement of Students

Zubaida, Amjad Reba

Abstract

Corporal punishment is physical punishment. It is a punishment in which physical force is intended to cause some degree of pain or discomfort. It includes hitting the children with hand or with a cane, strip or with any other object, kicking, shaking, or throwing children, scratching, pinching, pulling their ears and their hairs etc. Thus, it is the harmful form of punishment which discourages the children. The study was conducted in District Chitral. Data was collected from 100 respondents of primary school students using random sampling technique through proportional allocation method using interview schedule. The data was analyzed by descriptive statistics. It is an essential strategy for all forms of violence in societies. As special strategy for ending of corporal punishment to make more visible through research interviewing children and teachers.it is a universal issue, so in most countries worldwide the initiative builds a global map of the prevalence and legality of corporal punishment. Also, in the right of children article 19 it is stated to protect children from all forms of physical and other punishment. The main purpose of the study is to know whether corporal punishment is given in school. The major objective is to know whether teachers know the philosophy of punishment and punish the student accordingly. While discussions have been made on the basis of findings and results. For the said purpose questionnaire survey method was adopted and it was found out that majority of students and teachers are against corporal punishment. The study suggests the teacher’s education, training and awareness regarding hold back ways of corporal punishment and affect alternative ways to correct students’ misbehavior is irresistible.

Keywords Corporal punishment, Academic achievement, Personality development

Journal IOARP Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Volume Volume 2
Issue Issue 1, June 2023
Date Published 30 June 2023
Published in IOARP Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Research (Special Issue: Proceedings of SchoRes International Conference on Education, 2023)
Date Appeared in GDL 15 July 2023

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