Singapore Schools Use Caning as Last Resort for Discipline
Singapore's Education Minister Desmond Lee clarified that caning is employed in schools strictly as a last resort for disciplinary issues, only after all other measures have proven inadequate. Its application is subject to stringent safety protocols.
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Caning for Singapore school bullies? Only as last resort, education minister says
Singapore schools used caning as a disciplinary measure only when all other options were inadequate, given the gravity of the misconduct, Minister for Education Desmond Lee said on Tuesday. Responding to more than 20 parliamentary questions on the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) updated efforts to tackle bullying, Lee acknowledged that studies linked poorly administered and frequent corporal punishment – particularly in unregulated settings such as the home – with negative outcomes. “We recogni...
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Schools use caning if all other measures are inadequate, under strict safety protocols: Desmond Lee The Straits Times
Read full article →Caning used only as last resort in schools, when other disciplinary measures are inadequate: Desmond Lee
Research links frequent corporal punishment to negative outcomes, but the context in schools is different, says Education Minister Desmond Lee.
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