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Corporal Punishment in Tanzania Primary Schools: Its Effects on Children’s Rights

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dc.creator Bangazula, Aisha .H.
dc.date 2020-09-03T09:55:08Z
dc.date 2020-09-03T09:55:08Z
dc.date 2020
dc.date.accessioned 2021-05-05T07:28:58Z
dc.date.available 2021-05-05T07:28:58Z
dc.identifier APA
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/11192/3971
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/11192/3971
dc.description A Research Report Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) of Mzumbe University
dc.description The research is focused on the protection of child’s rights in primary schools in Tanzania. Corporal punishment has become a hindrance towards the protection of child rights in primary schools, the effects of corporal punishment adversely affects the child rights in Tanzania. The research was worth researching because child as vulnerable being needs to be protected so as they cannot be harmed by the acts of adults, and Tanzania as a member of various International instruments on the protection of the child has to adhere to the protection of children rights so as to promote the best interest of the child. By pointing out the effects of corporal punishment to child rights and how they affect the right of a child the goal of the protection of child’s rights can be reached specifically in education sector. The research was carried out in Dar-Es-Salaam Region and Morogoro region as sample for urban and rural areas. The methods used in collecting data was interview, observation, documentary review and field research. The major objective being the protection of child right in primary schools which was achieved through pointing out and elaborate on effects of corporal punishment on children’s rights. The research came to find out that corporal punishment infringes most of the child’s rights in primary school. And the application of corporal punishment does not adhere to the enacted regulations as the teachers are highly abusing the laws. The research concluded that, corporal punishment is not effective in primary school setting which is the basic foundation of education were a child acquires the basic knowledge which is going to help through his life, if a child will be exposed to torture today, then he will live with the notion that violence is the best solution to the problem. Last, the research recommends for the repeal of the provision of laws that justify for corporal punishment.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Mzumbe University
dc.subject Corporal Punishment, Primary Schools, Children’s Rights
dc.title Corporal Punishment in Tanzania Primary Schools: Its Effects on Children’s Rights
dc.type Thesis


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