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Evils of corporal punishment in madrasahs

ON MAY 14, Bangladesh was shocked by the tragic and brutal death of seven-year-old Sanim Hossain, a student at Al-Mu’in Islami Academy in Lakshmipur. Reports indicate that his teacher, Mahmudur Rahman, beat him to death. What followed was even more disturbing — the institution attempted to disguise the killing as a suicide. The suggestion that...

Corporal punishment to discipline children must stop

THIS is concerning that children are still routinely subjected to corporal punishment and there is absence of an enabling environment for child development. On the first-ever International Day of Play observed on June 13, UNICEF published a study, estimating that about 330 million children regularly endure psychological aggression...