RECORD OF CANINGS
OBJECTION BY TEACHERS The Auckland Education Board's decision that a return should be sent in every term showing all cases of corporal punishment was the subject of a recent resolution of the Auckland branch of the Educational Institute. The resolution, which was discussed by the board yesterday, was as follows: “That this committee expresses appreciation of the ideals of the board with respect to corporal punishment, but respectfully requests that the clause requiring that cases of corporal punishment should be reported to the board bo deleted in favour of the following: ‘A record of all cases of corporal punishment shall be kept in each school, the information therein to be available to th© inspectors/ ” The chairman, Mr. A. Burns, pointed out that a deputation from the institute, which waited on the board when there was a proposal to abolish corporal punishment, stated that such punishment was infrequent. If that were so, little extra work would be involved. He failed to find any reasonable objection to the board’s decision.
“We should know the reasons and frequency of canings,” asserted Mrs. V. Donaldson in moving that no action be taken.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1014, 3 July 1930, Page 9
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191RECORD OF CANINGS Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1014, 3 July 1930, Page 9
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