Iran - Corporal Punishment in schools in 2014-15

Nearly 2000 complaints Recorded over school Corporal Punishment in 2014-15

NCRI - According to the head of Ministry of Education’s Office of Assessment and Responding to Complaints, regarding the school corporal punishment, a total of 1,924 complaints have been recorded in the past two years of which 1,274 cases have been recognized as ‘justifiable’.

Nearly 2000 complaints Recorded over school Corporal Punishment in 2014-15

According to ILNA news agency, Rahim Mirshah Valad said on Saturday October 15, that a total of 80 thousand complaints have been recorded in the past two years over different issues, 1,249 of which have been related to physical punishment in 2014. In 2015, however, the number of complaints in this regard has been nearly halved to 675 cases.
Mirshah Valad said that of 1, 924 complaints recorded in the past two years, 1,274 cases have been recognized as ‘justifiable’ and the other 650 as ‘unjustifiable’.
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