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| Tanzanian president backs official who caned school pupils | |
| 2019-10-05 | |
[PULSE.NG] Tanzanian President John Magufuli has lauded a regional governor who caused outrage by caning 14 schoolchildren, saying he should have done more.
They had violated a ban on having mobile phones in their school and are accused of burning down their dormitory in retaliation. The punishment was administered in front of the students' schoolmates, coppers and teachers and unleashed wide criticism on social media. "I congratulate the regional commissioner for caning the students and that was actually not enough. He could do more," the president said on Thursday during a visit to a neighbouring region. "Some people are talking about human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... but there is no way we can afford having arrogant students like these. They can't burn a dormitory just because their phones which are not allowed in schools were taken by teachers. "I told the regional commissioner to suspend all students in that school and their parents must pay before the students are allowed back to school. Those who were directly involved should be taken to jail." | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Corporal Punishment has an immediacy that is easier to comprehend by the children. In school counseling *Yawn*, sent home ♫ Yay! ♫ err... *YAWN*, threats that their "future is at risk!" *zzzZZZ Snore*. |
| Posted by: magpie 2019-10-05 11:43 |
| #1 If they administered corporal punishment like that in our schools we could have avoided a whole lot of problems. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-10-05 11:05 |