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  • Maharashtra: Class 6 student dies days after allegedly being made to do sit-ups for arriving late

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    · Nov 16, 2025 · 12:51 pm
  • Over 100 countries have banned corporal punishment in schools – but not the US and Australia

    Over 100 countries have banned corporal punishment in schools – but not the US and Australia

    Lucy Sorensen, Charmaine Willis, Victor Asal and Melissa L Breger, The Conversation
    · Aug 02, 2019 · 11:30 pm
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    Class 6 girl allegedly slapped 168 times by students in Madhya Pradesh school on teacher’s orders

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    · Jan 26, 2018 · 08:52 am
  • Karachi: Cleric arrested for allegedly beating 8-year-old boy to death for fleeing seminary

    Karachi: Cleric arrested for allegedly beating 8-year-old boy to death for fleeing seminary

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    · Jan 22, 2018 · 03:42 pm
  • Suicide by four Vellore schoolgirls shows Tamil Nadu has failed to eliminate corporal punishment

    Suicide by four Vellore schoolgirls shows Tamil Nadu has failed to eliminate corporal punishment

    Vinita Govindarajan
    · Nov 29, 2017 · 06:30 pm
  • UP: Principal suspended after making students parade skirtless in school as punishment

    UP: Principal suspended after making students parade skirtless in school as punishment

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    · Feb 07, 2017 · 06:23 pm