{"id":30054,"date":"2025-04-23T21:52:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T19:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/?p=30054"},"modified":"2025-04-23T22:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T20:00:16","slug":"experts-slam-the-illegal-continued-use-of-corporal-punishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/2025\/04\/23\/experts-slam-the-illegal-continued-use-of-corporal-punishment\/","title":{"rendered":"Experts\u00a0unpack negative effects of corporal punishment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0<\/span>Senior researcher at the University of Cape Town’s Children’s <\/span>Institute<\/span>, Lucy Jamieson, says teachers need to understand that what learners <\/span>are exposed<\/span> to in school shapes how they view the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0According to the researcher, <\/span>a significant portion of children’s social development occurs in the school environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>She was reacting to the 2023 brutal beating of Katlego Kgoele, allegedly, by his school principal<\/a>. The scandal came to light after an angry learner leaked the picture of the 17-year-old’s badly bruised body in a bid to expose Bethuel Mooka’s alleged reign of terror at Madisong Secondary School, which is respected in Hammanskraal for its impressive annual matric pass rate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to certain learners, some schools in the area have also resorted to corporal punishment, which was banned in 1996, in hopes that it produces disciplined learners who later become high achievers.<\/p>\n

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However, Jamieson believes their method is actually counterproductive.<\/span><\/p>\n

She outlines, in the clip below, the detrimental effects of corporal punishment on learners, noting that it can lead to the belief that violence is an acceptable form of communication.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\t

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