Abstract
Corporal punishment is physical punishment in which the human body targeted through
different means. The aim of the study was to get information about the use as well as the
frequency of corporal punishment in girls' public and private schools of district haveli. The
major objectives of the study were: to know about corporal punishment, to make a
comparison of corporal punishment in both sectors schools, and to verify that corporal
punishment is not an effective mean of discipline. The research questions were; what is
corporal punishment? What is the impact of corporal punishment on students learning? What
are the different modes of corporal punishment in both schools? What comparison existed
between these schools? A sample of 50 teachers and 50 students was selected randomly from
both sectors i.e., 25 from public and 25 from private. The study was descriptive and
quantitive in nature. The tool of the study was a questionnaire with 5 points Likert scale. The
collected data was analyzed through mean. Results showed that teachers exercised corporal
punishment to improve students’ behavior. It was concluded that teachers should use
alternative ways to corporal punishment in order to suppress the feelings of aggression and
hostility amongst students.
Dr. Nasrullah Khan, Iram Shehzadi, Mansoor Gillani. (2019) Comparative Study on the Corporal Punishment in Public and Private Girls Schools of District Haveli, Azad Jammu Kashmir, Sir Syed Journal of Education & Social Research (SJESR), Volume-02, Issue-1.
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