when was corporal punishment banned in south african schools
School corporal punishment The use of corporal punishment in schools was prohibited by the South African Schools Act, 1996. According to section 10 of the act:
School corporal punishment In state-run schools, and in private schools where at least part of the funding came from government, corporal punishment was outlawed by the British Parliament in 1986.[133] In other private schools, it was banned in 1998 (England and Wales), 2000 (Scotland) and 2003 (Northern Ireland).[134] Schools had to keep a record of punishments inflicted,[135] and there are occasional press reports of examples of these "punishment books" having survived.[136][137]
School corporal punishment In state-run schools, and in private schools where at least part of the funding came from government, corporal punishment was outlawed by the British Parliament in 1986, following a 1982 ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that such punishment could not be administered without parental consent, and that a child's "right to education" could not be infringed by suspending children who, with parental approval, refused to submit to corporal punishment[139][140]. In other private schools, it was banned in 1998 (England and Wales), 2000 (Scotland) and 2003 (Northern Ireland).[141] Schools had to keep a record of punishments inflicted,[142] and there are occasional press reports of examples of these "punishment books" having survived.[143][144]
School corporal punishment In state-run schools, and in private schools where at least part of the funding came from government, corporal punishment was outlawed by the British Parliament in 1986.[137] In other private schools, it was banned in 1998 (England and Wales), 2000 (Scotland) and 2003 (Northern Ireland).[138] Schools had to keep a record of punishments inflicted,[139] and there are occasional press reports of examples of these "punishment books" having survived.[140][141]