The Impact of Corporal Punishment on Students’ Performance in Public Schools

Abstract

corporal Punishment can be simplified to the meaning of physical punishment. It has been a long debate whether corporal punishment not should be allowed in schools and more specifically public schools of Pakistan. Since the culture of the subcontinent differs from the culture of the West so does the methods of carrying out life. It is believed that corporal punishment can help discipline children or gauge an effect in the performance. This was a quantitative research project. There were two variables. The impact of corporal punishment is independent variable and student’s per-formance in public schools is dependent variable. This study’s population was 30 students in public school of I_9/4 Islamabad (only male) for the study researcher used random sampling technique. The information gathered through Questionnaires. The researcher analyzed the data using SPSS processes and find, percentage and mean. The findings of this research were corporal punishment effect on students’ academic performance and wellbeing. And researcher recommendation was advocate for policy changes in public schools to discourage the use of corporal punishment.