(a) whether the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has stressed
the need to eliminate all forms of corporal punishment practiced in the name of disciplining a child;
(b) if so, whether her Ministry had discussed the matter with the Ministry of Human
Resource Development for eliminating corporal punishment in schools; and
(c) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI KRISHNA TIRATH)
(a): National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has stressed the need
to eliminate all forms of corporal punishment practiced in schools. The NCPCR has issued
guidelines on 9th August, 2007 and additional guidelines on 26th May 2009 to the State
Governments/Union Territory Administrations/District Administrations for banning corporal
punishment in schools and making the teachers, teaching staff and school managements aware about the same.
(b) & (c): Pursuant to the recommendations/guidelines dated 9th August, 2007 made by
NCPCR, the then Secretary, School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Human Resources
Development had issued letters on 17th December 2007 to the Chief Secretaries of all
States/Union Territories for prohibiting corporal punishment in all schools under their
jurisdiction and to amend the relevant School Education Act or Rules, if necessary.
Further, Section 17 (1) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act,
2009 provides that no child shall be subjected to physical punishment or mental harassment.