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Malaysian government may allow parents to cane children
Malaysia News.Net
Tuesday 24th November, 2009 (IANS)
Malaysia's education ministry is open to the idea of parents or guardians of misbehaving students to cane them.
The proposal has come from a non-government organisation (NGO) that does believe in the old adage - spare the rod and spoil the child.
Deputy Education Minister Mohammed Puad Zarkashi said he felt this recent proposal by a NGO would be 'a good way of disciplining students'.
'There are several advantages for parents and teachers if such a system was in place. It will also make the punishment that could be carried out privately, more effective in disciplining students.
'This is because misbehaving students are more scared of their parents finding out about their discipline problems, compared with their teachers,' the New Straits Times quoted the minister as saying.
He said parents could also see for themselves how their children were behaving at school.
'This will make the parents more responsible for the development of their children instead of leaving it to the teachers. Parents also cannot accuse teachers of unfair treatment of their children.'
The proposal was made by National Parent Teacher Togetherness Council president Mohamad Ali Hassan.
The minister said if parents agreed, the ministry could implement the proposal which could help check the rising discipline problems among students.
'(The) psychological pressure of parents constantly finding fault, including accusing teachers of mishandling their children, can cause teachers to become laid back.
'The ministry does not want this laid-back culture to become a predominant feature among our teachers considering their vital role in nation building.'  Email this story to a friend
Comments on this story
I wonder
11-24-09, 02:46 AM |
Malaysian government may allow parents to cane children
I didnt know that the government didnt allow parents to cane their children before
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Parents
11-24-09, 08:25 AM |
Right choice
Hi viewers, this is right time to everyone to take a depth breath. After few years, we noticed that so many dicipilinary problem was arise among this new genarations compare to those day. i strongly recommend to cane for dicipiling students at proper manner.10q
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thana
11-24-09, 08:26 AM |
not practical
Parents can only advice the dicpline board to take the necessary action and should not handle the canning by themselves.
This will create haterate in the family
between parent and children. An authorized third person should handle this with care and precation.
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Guide
11-24-09, 11:42 AM |
Wrong approch
I am Parent my self ,If children not listen must face the consequences,Time out, make them do push up & cleans.
I see this approch is working.Cane the children is going to create violence in long term.
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helpline
11-24-09, 01:32 PM |
WRONG APPROACH
THIS TOTALLY WRONG, SOME PARENTS TEACHERS CAN TAKE OUT THEIR ANGER WHILE CANNING THE KIDS AND THIS MAY LEAD MAKE THE LEARNERS LOOSE FOCUS ON THEIR STUDIES. this can cause some teach learners that the best displine is body harming and cause them to resort to violence when solving a prblem. i completely DISAGREE WITH CANNING OF LEARNERS.
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gd pupil
11-24-09, 08:13 PM |
get it right
I see canning is an action of punishment. This is done out of anger.Try sitting in a corner to think is this right.We love our kids, and this is no action advisable. Many other actions can resolve the problem without canning. Further for what kind of wrong things, misconduct would you give canning.Realization is the best treatment instead. Who is so sure canning can change a child to improve.
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Nickhead
11-24-09, 09:43 PM |
Education System Failure
STUPID SUGGESTION. These show that our Education System has failed to improve our children moral. Most of the teacher has failed their social respoonsibility. The Teacher attitude in the classroom is the roots to the social problems of today.
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spanked
11-25-09, 12:32 AM |
caning
Caning is violent enough that it is punishment for criminal offenses, yet this is also seen as a good way for a parent to discipline a child? Physical attacks against a child, whether it be spanking or caning, are just teaching a child that problems can be resolved through violence. The child learns that when they do something bad, they get hit. That reinforces the idea that problems need to be dealt with by physical punishment. As they get older, they will turn that physical punishment out on others who do something wrong in their eyes. As a person who was spanked when I was a child, I’m trying hard to break that cycle with my own child. I don’t want him to grow up thinking it’s ok to hit others who don’t do what you want them to.
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