corporal punishment
Education Ministry launches campaign to address use of corporal, verbal punishment
Egypt
September 30, 2019
Education Ministry launches campaign to address use of corporal, verbal punishment
The Ministry of Education in cooperation with the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood, launched a campaign dubbed “Quietly, not…
Corporal punishment is on the rise, and society acquiesces
Egypt
December 23, 2012
Corporal punishment is on the rise, and society acquiesces
In the video, terrified schoolchildren line up at their teacher’s desk in a Delta kindergarten to have their homework corrected.…
Dar al-Ifta condemns severe beatings for students
Egypt
November 8, 2012
Dar al-Ifta condemns severe beatings for students
A prominent national religious institution is condemning severe physical abuse of students following recent reports of corporal punishment in local…
Update: Teacher faces discipline for cutting unveiled pupils’ hair
Egypt
October 17, 2012
Update: Teacher faces discipline for cutting unveiled pupils’ hair
Disciplinary action has been taken primary school teacher in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Luxor after she cut the hair of…
Education ministry bans mobile phone use by school students
Egypt
November 10, 2010
Education ministry bans mobile phone use by school students
A number of schools throughout Egypt have begun implementing a year-old Education Ministry directive banning the use by students of…
Kom Ombo schoolteacher beats student with shoe
Egypt
November 10, 2010
Kom Ombo schoolteacher beats student with shoe
An Arabic-language teacher at the Kom Ombo Secondary School for Boys is said to have assaulted one of his students…
Math teacher breaks student’s arm
Egypt
February 23, 2010
Math teacher breaks student’s arm
Following remarks by recently-appointed Education Minister Ahmed Zaki Badr in defense of the use of corporal punishment in schools, a…