School beatings are caned.
Grace Campbell took a private case to court in a bid to get Strathclyde Regional education authority to guarantee her 11-year-old son would not be beaten with the tawse, a leather strap used to beat the palm of the hand.
David Hart, general secretary for the National Association of Head Teachers said the judgement - which does not ban caning - would have to distinguish between children who are allowed to be beaten and those who are not.
My advice to members is -carry on caning, he said. But, Tom Scott of Stopp, the Society of Teachers Opposed to Physical Punishment, welcomed the ruling. It is a tremendous day for children, parents, teachers and society as a whole, he said.
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|Publication:||Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)|
|Date:||Feb 25, 2012|
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