Corporal punishment ban in schools cannot be an overnight measure until alternatives to its use are in place

Dear Editor,
Corporal punishment in our schools in Guyana goes back to the earliest days of formal education where it was, for the most part, acceptable in the homes as well as the schools; where there was a correlation of the efforts of parents and educators to discipline students; when teachers enjoyed enormous respect in the community and parents supported them unquestionably and when there was hardly ever any dissent against the use of corporal punishment in schools.

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