Banning corporal punishment extensively
Heather N. Goldsmith
The media has recently given us a glimpse into the lives of some of Bangladesh's children: a girl with disabilities was beaten for failing to contribute to the school fund, eight students were hospitalised after being punished for forgetting to bring colour pencils to class, a young girl had a mental breakdown after being tied to a bench as punishment, and a boy died after he followed his teacher's suggestion to ingest rat poison.
A 2008 study by Unicef indicates that these are not isolated incidents -- 91% of the students surveyed reported that they had been abused by teachers.
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