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Impact of Corporal Punishment on the Students in Primary and Secondary Schools

the gap by dealing with mulation; however, em- as Save the Children and
factors involved. We pre- pirical experience shows UNICEF should be intro- B
sented earlier what strate- a critical need for other duced and supported by R

gies have been adopted in entities and organiza- the Ministry of Education. O
other countries to enforce tions concerned with child As discussed previously W

the ban of corporal pun- rights to intervene with in the literature review A
ishment. In this section, new programs for child section, the model of the R
we will develop a profes- protection that work in child-friendly school pre- D

sional approach to correct- accordance with the min- sented by the UNICEF in
ing student behavior that istry’s policy. To develop Australia and the Eastern U

best suits the Egyptian an approach to combating Caribbean; could be ad- N
context as a strategy for corporal punishment in opted and piloted in Egypt I
combating corporal pun- schools in Pakistan, other also. The pilot already V

ishment in schools, as well strategies that have been implemented by Save the E
as specifying alternatives successfully implemented Children in Alexandria R

to corporal punishment. by other countries should demonstrates a way for- S
be taken into account and ward in this regard. I
Generally, policy enforce- assessed with relation to T

ment cannot be the re- the Pakistani context. The practical experience Y
sponsibility of one single Recommendation of the latter project dem-

party. Rather, all entities onstrates that even suc- 2
and organizations in- In this respect, the follow- cessful projects cannot 0

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long path of bureaucracy 0
volved in policy making ing proposed approach in order to scale up their

and policy implementa- would reflect a combina- approach. There must be
tion should collaborate to tion of other countries’ full awareness that policy
successfully reduce and experiences in combating enforcement will not be

then eliminate corporal corporal punishment with attained without provid-
punishment from schools regard to the general at- ing required facilities

to achieve the best interest mosphere in Pakistan. that accelerate program
for the child. Traditionally, initiations by entities and
the Ministry of Education To start with the school- organizations assisting

represents the policy mak- based factors, professional in policy implementa-
ers in terms of education programs designed by tion. This would also fa-

legislation and policy for- specialized NGOs such cilitate scaling up these

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