Cane pupils to boost academics â€" parents
Nov 30, 2004
THE regulation that bars teachers from caning pupils has been criticised by parents.
By Patrick Sserugo
THE regulation that bars teachers from caning pupils has been criticised by parents.
Parents in Gomba county in Mpigi district have asked state minister for primary education Namirembe bitamazire to abolish the regulation, saying pupils were performing poorly because they were not caned.
bitamazire met the parents at Kanoni trading centre, Kyegonza sub- county in Gomba recently.
Residents asked bitamazire to table a bill in parliament to make canning optional.
bitamazire, however, said the regulation could not be reversed, citing instances where pupils had died due to irresponsible modes of punishment by teachers.
She blamed children’s indiscipline on parents who poorly raised them.
She urged parents to discipline children before they go to school.
THE regulation that bars teachers from caning pupils has been criticised by parents.
Parents in Gomba county in Mpigi district have asked state minister for primary education Namirembe bitamazire to abolish the regulation, saying pupils were performing poorly because they were not caned.
bitamazire met the parents at Kanoni trading centre, Kyegonza sub- county in Gomba recently.
Residents asked bitamazire to table a bill in parliament to make canning optional.
bitamazire, however, said the regulation could not be reversed, citing instances where pupils had died due to irresponsible modes of punishment by teachers.
She blamed children’s indiscipline on parents who poorly raised them.
She urged parents to discipline children before they go to school.