The City-State Government is reintroducing this type of punishment as a last resort against school bullying. Singapore has once again raised the tension between discipline and pedagogy. In a ...

SINGAPORE: Students in Singapore who are involved in serious bullying cases can face caning under updated school discipline guidelines, though Education Minister Desmond Lee said on Tuesday that the ...

Under new guidelines caning will only be used in schools for male students aged nine and above Male school students who bully others, including through cyberbullying, will face caning as a “last ...

School bullies in Singapore face caning under new guidelines, but the education minister said Tuesday it would be meted out only as a last resort with strict safeguards. Human rights groups regularly ...

Boys in Singapore could face up to three strokes of the cane for bullying at school. The education minister said it would be used as a last-resort disciplinary measure with strict safeguards in place.

School bullies in Singapore face caning under new guidelines, but the education minister said on May 5 that it would be meted out only as a last resort with strict safeguards. Human rights groups ...

Male school bullies in Singapore could face corporal punishment as a "last resort" to stamp out bad behaviour under approved new education guidelines. Caning will be meted out at Singaporean schools ...

Singapore plans to give authorized teachers permission to strike misbehaving male students with a cane in a nationwide push against school bullies. Singapore Education Minister Desmond Lee confirmed ...

Singapore’s education minister Desmond Lee on Tuesday said that caning in schools was used only as a last resort, and only when other disciplinary measures were not enough. He was responding to more ...

School bullies in Singapore face caning under new guidelines, but the education minister said today it would be meted out only as a last resort with strict safeguards. Human rights groups regularly ...

School bullies in Singapore are to face caning under new guidelines, but the education minister on Tuesday said it would be meted out only as a last resort with strict safeguards. Human rights groups ...