{"id":8584,"date":"2018-05-01T09:24:26","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T09:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=8584"},"modified":"2018-05-02T07:48:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T07:48:47","slug":"no-hitting-day-teachers-should-administer-corrective-punishment-says-unionist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/no-hitting-day-teachers-should-administer-corrective-punishment-says-unionist\/","title":{"rendered":"No Hitting Day: \u201cTeachers should administer corrective punishment,\u201d says unionist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the world celebrates the No Hitting Day for Children on 30 April, Burundi Teachers\u2019 Union \u2013STEB appreciates the progress made since the physical punishment on children was abolished.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8589\" style=\"width: 451px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8589\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-8589\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/El\u00e8ves--300x173.jpg\" alt=\"Physical punishment is no longer acceptable in Burundian schools \" width=\"441\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/El\u00e8ves--300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/El\u00e8ves--768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/El\u00e8ves--600x345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/El\u00e8ves-.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Physical punishment is no longer acceptable in Burundian schools<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cSome teachers used to exaggerate when punishing pupils until they could faint,\u201d says R\u00e9my Nsengiyumva, STEB chairman. He also says some teachers were involved in the violation of education regulations especially those teachers who could be in close relationship with their pupils. Nsengiyumva refers to the last failed killing of a student by her teacher after he has impregnated her at Mweya Fundamental School in Gitega Province.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are eager to fight violence against children in schools,\u201d says Nsengiyumva. \u201cNew school regulations prohibit physical punishment. However, there are other forms of punishment such as sending pupils back home and asking them to come back with their parents,\u201d he also says.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Ndayisaba, an educational psychologist, says any form of violence or coercion such as injustice, sexual violence in exchange for marks, corporal punishment\u2026 against the learner by the educator is child rearing violence. He says teachers must control their anger when punishing learners.<\/p>\n<p>He says they have to tell the pupils the mistakes they have made and be good models before imposing sanctions. \u201cEach child must know the kind of mistake s\/he has made and which sanction must be applied. Teachers should adopt another form of punishing pupils instead of focusing on corporal punishment,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the world celebrates the No Hitting Day for Children on 30 April, Burundi Teachers\u2019 Union \u2013STEB appreciates the progress made since the physical punishment on children was abolished. \u201cSome teachers used to exaggerate when punishing pupils until they could faint,\u201d says R\u00e9my Nsengiyumva, STEB chairman. 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