Teachers are not allowed to spank students in the UK and most of the US. However, almost half of British parents said they think teachers should be allowed to use corporal punishment on kids in secondary schools.
Secondary schools are similar to the US high school. Children are between the ages of 11 and 16. In total, 49% of more than 2,000 parents surveyed for the Times Educational Supplement were in favour, compared with 45% who were opposed. However, almost all of them agreed that teachers should be allowed to get tougher with students. Parents who were asked about “smacking/caning” children fewer parents supported allowing teachers to spank.
When the students were asked only 19% supported corporal punishment and 71% were opposed. “However, 62% of pupils thought teachers should be allowed to be tougher in terms of classroom discipline, compared with 91% of parents.”
The National Union of Teachers came out with a statement in response to this survey. “Parents may have got the “erroneous impression” from government statements that the classroom was a place of “rowdy and disrespectful behaviour”.” However, they did say that teachers need more support from administrators.
What do you think about corporal punishment? Should teachers be allowed to spank students?
