What will replace corporal punishment in schools?
Jaime Panti
Panti’s response to the possibility of the B.N.T.U. proposing an alternative to corporal punishment was direct to the school management, who he believes should take up the challenge.
Jaime Panti, B.N.T.U. National President
“We know that we need to move away from corporal punishment but to the table there has not come and this is why I am saying that under the Education Act it’s the Chief Education Officer and the Ministry of Education who is in charge of education in this country and when you talk about putting a system in place you’re talking about resources. So you have to depend on people who have the resources and who lead education in this country. We facilitate, we can enable the process and the union when dealing with teachers we advocate for it, we support the idea.”
If the union fails at persuading the government to postpone the reading of the Education and Training Bill tomorrow, it is prepared to regroup and consider another way forward. Education Minister Patrick Faber, in a statement earlier today, disagreed with the length of time requested for by the union for the removal of corporal punishment. Faber’s statement will come later in the news.
Parents should never agree to allow anyone, teachers or the police department to physically beat on their underage children. Parents should teach children respect and protect their children, at the same time. Why would a child grow up respecting a teacher or police person after having been beaten as a child? Children learn violence from observing or becoming the receipient of adult violence. There are a lot of reports on the internet in regards to the violence against children in the country of Belize. If you beat your children when they are young, they will grow up and return that with human violence.
I have no hesitation in joining the opposition to ban Corporal punishment from schools, which are correctly labelled as child abuse. Corporal punishment is not used merely as a last resort in schools, but is inflicted regularly and for the smallest of infractions by frustrated teachers abusing their power.
I would not send my child to a school where corporal punishment is a part of that system, and I strongly believe that corporal punishment should be entirely eliminated from the educational system.
The two politicians are strongly going at each other in a sissy fit to win the debate, sadly, dismissing the subject of the psychological effect their Corporal punishment have the already traumatised children in Belize.
Parents need to vote “NO” for abusing their children; at least they have the power to stop some of the abuse in Belize.
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I do not think that corporal punishment should be banned from schools because if it is removed the little respect that the students have towards their teachers will fade away thus making the educational system in Belize look corrupt.
I think corporal punishment should be removed because children will get spoil and becomes gangs and violence.
there are many ways to discipline a child. corporal punishment does not teach what they did was wrong and that violence is not ok.corporal punishment makes a child violent and aggressive towards his or her friends and they also loose their sense of self-esteem and they become scared and shy and they will eventually feel worthless if not thought different. corporal punishment is just another form of abusing our children in a legal sense. so i say get rid of it,what difference is it having on our children any ways.
yes!! it does makes a difference , it makes a difference by creating more attention hugging people who will eventually join gangs. right?
MJ:Corporal punishment do not make a child violent where did you got your theory from:Spear the rod and spoil the child.You can contest that if you want.That’s from the Bible.Believe it if you want too.
I think that rather than removing corporal punishment we need to better structure the system. If done the right way it can be a very beneficial tool.
The only proof we need is to look at the society structure in the US, kids have no respect for anyone not even their parents. Removal of corporal punishment is needed especially on the criminal level in Belize but most importantly with children so they don’t turn out to be criminals.
We need to educate people on how quickly discipline can become abuse, we need to teach parents and teachers to control themselves when disciplining their child as well as the proper methods of doing it. People that are proponents always point out abuse as the reason not to keep corporal punishment but they forget to include the benefits and state that their proof is based on abuse rather than actual disciplinary cases.
I spank my child, I believe in corporal punishment but I do it the right way. I tell him why he is getting a lashing, I ask him to explain why he did whatever he did and discuss how to avoid it from happening again. I have only had to do it twice and even then it was a spank to the but and about five minutes of crying on his part.
We need to stop wanting to be like the USA and be the independent nation that we are. I can’t stand it when our govt looses their balls and let everyone tell them what to do and how to do it.
Concerned Belizean
People need to stop being ignorant and start reading for themselves. Do not believe everything they tell you. You need to start educating yourselves so you can make better choices in life.
Stop following just because everyone is doing it. The biggest excuse that is being used to get things done in these days is to use the children. We all want best for our children and the are using that against us. “It’s for the children” they say, but deep inside it is for a different cause.
There is a global consensus that is causing the numbing of nations by using children as the excuse for what they do. We need to learn to decipher and understand when and what truly be good for the children.
Removing corporal punishment is not the answer. Thee are other avenues we can go down like invest in more sports, provide more jobs and other tings to keep the children and youths occupied and off the streets, help youths start a little company so they can be positive contributors to our economy and society and help them to be sustainable and competitive on the market.