Proprietors unite against corporal punishment

The Chairman, Association of Private Educators in Nigeria, Dr. Tunde Ogunsanya, has described the adoption of corporal punishment in some schools as counter-productive.

The APEN boss who made this call in Lagos on Thursday said flogging errant pupils was not an acceptable international practice.

“It is not allowed in our schools because it is counter-productive. We have measures for disciplining our pupils and flogging can never be an option. It does not produce any good result,” she said.

In the same vein, the principal, Mind Builders School, Lagos, Mr. Francis Fasuyi, has said discipline, rather than corporal punishment, would help achieve results faster in pupils.

“When you discipline, it is corrective but when you punish or cane a pupil, you are just inflicting pain. For any errant pupil, we bring them out on the assembly or we ask them to clean the toilets under the supervision of the cleaners. That is discipline. The shame that comes with it will bar them from repeating the offence,’’ he said.

Also, the head teacher, Masterpiece Schools, Agbado, Lagos, Mr. Babatunde Atambala, described corporal punishment as ‘negative reinforcement’. According to him, it is better for public and private schools to tailor discipline to the personality of the child.

“You have to understudy a child and get to know what her or she likes. For instance, a child that refuses to write in class but likes playing with toys during break time can be denied that pleasure. That is positive reinforcement. There is no punishment that should lead to infliction of injury no matter what the child might have done,’’ he said
source: http://www.punchng.com/education/proprietors-unite-against-corporal-punishment/

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