Some Out-of-the-box Ideas Implemented by CBSE Schools in Kolkata to Replace Corporal Punishment

by BHS Mukundapur Team Best CBSE School in Kolkata

“A librarian in Goa arrested for beating a student, fracturing his arm.” This news made headlines in national newspapers, a few days ago. The reason: the student entered the library with his shoes on.

We keep on reading such news, now and then. Sometimes, students have to face brutal punishments for simple reasons like being talkative during a class! Some of the CBSE schools in Kolkata have decided to replace spanking with affirmative discipline.

 

We’re going to share a few alternatives to corporal punishment at schools:

 

1.     Placing a nursery student to time-out can help him/her rectify his/her behaviour. When a teacher hits a student to discipline him/her, the first question that arises in his/her mind is, how can teacher’s hitting him/her is OK but not OK for him/her to hit a classmate?

Many teachers (parents as well) believe that spanking can bring positive changes in the behaviour of students, in a quick span. Well, the fear of corporal punishment may seem to bring quick changes but they don’t stay for long. The side-effects of corporal punishments are too many in number compared to the benefits.

When students are kept in a situation where they lack attention, the discomfort will work as a sign of warning. They will behave better in the future.   

 

2.     Some schools in Kolkata have adopted ‘Affirmative Discipline Wheel’, an innovative tool invented by some talented students from a school in Chennai. An ‘Affirmative Discipline Wheel’ displays special tasks. Indisciplined students can choose tasks for themselves. Tasks can range from taking down notes for another student to opting for counselling, etc. Whenever needed, teachers can send students to counselling sessions.

The Chennai students also came up with a unique idea to convey feelings of being HAPPY or SAD. Teachers can use paper-made emojis to convey to the classroom that they’re happy/ sad with the performance or behaviour of students. 

 

3.     An ‘Attitude Mirror’ is another mind-blowing idea introduced by the students from Chennai. Attitude mirrors with thought-evoking quotes like “Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot.”, are the props that encourage students to start an inner journey meant for self-realisation. The latter can be the biggest motivator to bring a change in behaviour. 

The Chennaites also proposed creative ideas like ‘appreciation boxes’ and ‘confession boxes’. Schools can hang these boxes anywhere on the premises. Students can put thanks notes into appreciation boxes. Similarly, confession boxes are means for accepting own mistakes and apologise. The primary objective of each of these creative ideas is to build a healthy learning atmosphere.

 

Though corporal punishment to juveniles in civil wrong is a legal offence in India, it is still very much there. Some English medium schools in Kolkata have adopted the ‘Positive Discipline’ model proposed by Alfred Adler and Rudolf Dreikurs. So, there are no good or bad students but good or bad behaviour. Good behaviour can be encouraged and enhanced while discouraging bad behaviour without physically or verbally abusing students.

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