Child rights leaders have demanded of the Balochistan government to take step for presentation and passage of Corporal Punishment Bill Balochistan.
Addressing a news conference at Quetta Press Club here on Monday, Child Rights Movement (CRM), an alliance of child rights organizations leaders demanded legislation with immediate effect to halt physical punishment to school children at educational institutions.
They including Muhammad Hanif Panezai accompanied by Abdul Sattar Baloch, Fazila Sherdil and Shahnawaz Yousufzai said that corporal punishment was making school children suffering from psychological diseases such as fear, inferiority complex and timidity.
“We demand of the Balochistan government to legislate on corporal punishment issue besides making teachers at government and private schools and all settings bound not to physically punish school children,” they said.
They observed that slapping students at schools, clubing them, twisting ears, pulling hair, asking them to stand in sun and abusing them were part of corporal punishment and violation of basic child rights.
They appealed to Education Minister, Secretary Education and other relevant officials to play their due role in presentation and passage of Corporal Punishment Bill Balochistan in the Balochistan Assembly besides ensuring its implementation. They recalled that they had handed over the preliminary draft of the bill to the officials of Education Department
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