Tawse Tawse The tawse, sometimes formerly spelled taws (the plural of Scots taw, a thong of a whip) is an implement used for corporal punishment. It was used for educational discipline, primarily in Scotland, but also in schools in the English cities of Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, Manchester and Walsall. A tawse consists of a strip of leather, with one end split into a number of tails. The thickness of the leather and the number of tails is variable. Many Scottish saddlers made tawses for local schoolmasters. The official name "tawse" was hardly ever used in conversation by either teachers or
School corporal punishment of six strokes per occasion. In some cases the punishment is carried out in front of the rest of the school instead of in private. The use of corporal punishment in schools was prohibited by the South African Schools Act, 1996. According to section 10 of the act: In the case of "Christian Education South Africa v Minister of Education" the Constitutional Court rejected a claim that the constitutional right to religious freedom entitles private Christian schools to impose corporal punishment. Liberal regions in South Korea have completely banned all forms of caning beginning with Gyeonggi Province in 2010, followed