1996 Volume 35 Pages 147-156
Time and again it had been heard that in schools physical punishments had to be eradicated at all costs. Considering the unchanged reality of the continuity of corporal punishments basically forbidden by law, and considering several typical judgments given by the court of justice, as well as the consideration of the continuity of the offenses in spite of the advices from competent authorities, the present study focused on the policy to be taken in order to eradicate physical punishments in schools. Especially, the progress of the basic validity of opinions towards corporal punishments, together with consideration of the daily reality of a school life, a continuity of corporal punishments is to be considered unavoidable. Nevertheless, the eradication of physical punishments in schools remains the greatest goal ; and to achieve it, it is necessary to assist the school teachers in their personality development and self-confidence in their work of education.
