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

The objectives were to highlight decreasing academic success of students and to identify the aggressive behaviour of students in response to the corporal punishment. The total sample size was 300. The data was presented through frequency and percentage distribution and mean by using the Likert Scale. Further, the students who suffer from physical punishments became violent and aggressive in nature. The study recommends that in order to minimize the use of physical punishment in school, teachers must be cognisant of the negative effect of corporal punishment through seminars, workshops, interactive discussions and provoking programs so as the practice of corporal punishment could be voluntarily stopped. The study further suggests that there must be conducive school environment for the students so that they may be able to participate in healthy and extra-curricular activities, which may develop a learning environment for the students.