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Maneka Gandhi Urges Schools to Stop Corporal Punishment

India’s Minister of Women and Child Development (WCD), Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, has urged schools to strictly observe Guidelines for Eliminating Corporal Punishment, issued by the National Commission of Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) of WCD Ministry. The WCD Ministry has…

India Takes Steps to Check Corporal Punishment in Schools

In India, the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, prohibits ‘physical punishment’ and ‘mental harassment’ under Section 17(1) and makes it a punishable offence under Section 17(2). This information was given by India’s Human Resource…

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