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Banned in 124 countries
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Ruled illegal in all schools by the High Court in January 2011.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
A 2004 Supreme Court ruling bars teachers from corporal punishment.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Ruled unconstitutional in 2002; the 2013 Constitution bars it too.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Teachers may not hit pupils: banned by law in all schools.
Bans all physical punishment of kids, at school and at home.
The cane left state schools in 1987, and private schools by 2003.
Banned in schools since 1947 by the School Education Act, art. 11.
Banned nationwide in 2011, a year after Seoul banned it on its own.
A 2014 law bans hitting children everywhere, classrooms included.
Caning a pupil at school is a crime here, under the 1996 Schools Act.
Banned by federal law in January 2021, right across the US border.
Everywhere not listed here, School Paddling is allowed.
Restricted in 29 countries
A 2013 law bans it in schools; an old legal defence remains.
No national law; Queensland law still allows it in private schools.
Banned for ages 6 to 14; religious schools are exempt from the law.
Banned in Islamabad and some provinces, but not nationwide.
Banned in primary schools only.
Banned for pupils aged 6 to 14 only.
Banned in government primary schools only.
A 2008 law bans it; HRW reported school beatings rising in 2023.
Teachers may not beat pupils, but heads may still cane boys.
A 2023 ministry rule bans it; no law covers all schools.
Banned by ministry circular; a ban bill was tabled in 2025.
A directive bans it only from pre-primary to Grade 3.
Banned by Education Service policy since 2017, not by law.
A government directive bans it in schools; no law does.
A ministry directive bans it in schools; no law does.
A ministry directive bans it in schools; no law does.
The school code of conduct bans it; no law does.
A code of conduct bans it in schools; no law does.
A ministry circular bans it in schools; no law does.
A ministerial order bans it in schools; no law does.
A ministerial order bans it in schools; no law does.
Policy says it should not be used; no law bans it.
Reportedly banned by school regulations; not yet verified.
Reportedly banned by regulations; the Education Act is silent.
The Education Act bars cruel punishment but never names caning.
Banned by a 1996 ministry decree, not by an act of parliament.
Banned in state schools; private schools are unclear.
Reportedly banned in schools; no law has been identified.
Reportedly banned; unclear whether by law or by policy.
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