Corporal punishment blamed for growing dropout

Karachi, June 20 (PPI): Corporal punishment is one of the reasons behind growing dropout in our schools, as majority of our teachers are not trained in stress and anger management. Sadia Baloch, National Program Manager of Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) said this at one-day consultation program on Corporal Punishment in Schools, held at Secretary Education Office Sindh on Saturday here. Every year 35000 children are dropped out of schools in Pakistan and almost 50percent of them leave school due to corporal punishment, she said, adding 67percent school age children are still out of schools in Sindh province, as sustainability and ...

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