Browsing by Author "End Corporal Punishment Committee"

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    Corporal punishment of children in Barbados
    (End Corporal Punishment Organization, 2024-02) End Corporal Punishment Committee
    Corporal punishment is lawful in schools under the right “to administer punishment” in section 4 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Act 1904 (see under “Home”) and the Education Regulations pursuant to section 59 of the Education Act 1983. Education Regulation 18(j) authorises principals to inflict corporal punishment and to delegate the authority to do so to the deputy principal and senior teachers. Ministerial “Guidelines for the Administration of Corporal Punishment” state that corporal punishment should be “a last resort”, “moderate and reasonable” and “administered with a proper instrument”; where possible, a female should administer it on female students, and all corporal punishment must be recorded in the punishment book; it “shall not be administered to a child whose parents or legal guardian has upon the day of enrolment of the pupil filed with the principal of the school a statement from a medical doctor saying that it is detrimental to the child’s mental or emotional stability”. The Ministry of Education is developing a Draft Behaviour Policy to provide “a broad set of guidelines for schools, with the structure necessary for the development and implementation of school level discipline and procedures, as set out under the Education Act, Education Regulations and national policies”.
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    Corporal punishment of children in Dominica
    (End Coporal Punishment Organization, 2024-03) End Corporal Punishment Committee
    Corporal punishment is lawful in schools under the right of teachers “to administer reasonable punishment” in article 5 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1970 and article 49 of the Education Act 1997, which states: “Corporal punishment may be administered where no other punishment is considered suitable or effective, and only by the principal, deputy principal or any teacher appointed in writing by the principal for that purpose, in a manner which is in conformity with the guidelines issued in writing by the Chief Education Officer.” Article 50 provides for the Minister to abolish corporal punishment in public and private schools by Order, but no abolition order has been made.
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    Corporal punishment of children in St Lucia
    (End Corporal Punishment Organization, 2022-12) End Corporal Punishment Committee
    Some schools are part of the UNICEF child friendly schools initiative and do not use corporal punishment.7 However, corporal punishment is lawful in these and all schools under the right of teachers “to administer reasonable punishment” under section 50 of the Education Act 1999: “(1) In the enforcement of discipline in public schools, assisted schools and private educational institutions, degrading or injurious punishment shall not be administered. (2) Corporal punishment may be administered where no other punishment is considered suitable or effective, and only by the principal, deputy principal or any teacher appointed by the principal for that purpose, in a manner which is in conformity with the guidelines issued in writing by the Chief Education Officer. (3) Whenever corporal punishment is administered an entry must be made in a punishment book which shall be kept in each school for such purpose indicating the nature and extent of the punishment and the reasons for administering it. (4) A person other than those mentioned in subsection (2) who administers corporal punishment to a student on school premises commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.” Section 51 gave the Minister the power to suspend or abolish corporal punishment in public schools and assisted schools.