Discuss: Bringing back the cane (From News Shopper)

Discuss: Bringing back the cane

9:59am Friday 3rd October 2008 in

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CANING should be reintroduced in schools - that is what a fifth of teachers believe, but what do you think?

In a survey for The Times Educational Supplement, 22 per cent of secondary school teachers and 16 per cent of their primary school counterparts backed the use of corporal punishment in "extreme cases".

Deteriorating behaviour was given as the main reason for supporting bringing back the cane, more than 20 years after it was banned.

Teachers also commented on pupils not responding to the current sanctions available.

Would the cane be an effective deterrent to crack down on misbehaving children? Are there other better methods to keep order in lessons?

Have teachers lost their authority over pupils?

Can there ever be any justification for hitting children, however bad their behaviour is? Would you support your child being given the cane in school?

Have your say - add your comments below.