The Ogun State Government has shut down Obada Grammar School, Obada, Idi-Emi over the death of an SS2 student of the school, Monday Arijo. This followed the arrest and suspension of the teacher allegedly responsible for the death of the…
UN releases new report on corporal punishments in Afghanistan
The United Nations (UN) on Monday released a new report stating that 274 men, 58 women and two boys have been publicly flogged in the last six months in Afghanistan. In the report, the vast majority of convicts were punished…
85% of Nigerian children suffer violent discipline in schools – UNICEF
The Chief of Education of United Nations Children’s Fund, (UNICEF), Saadhna Panday-Soobrayan, says 85 percent of Nigerian children between the ages of 1 and 14 experience violent discipline in schools, with nearly 1 in 3 children experiencing severe physical punishment.…