School bullies in Singapore will face a caning under new guidelines. Boys could face between one and three strokes of the cane depending on the gravity of the offence. Girls are exempt because the ...

Singapore’s education minister has confirmed that teachers are allowed to use caning to discipline unruly students in certain ...

The education minister says caning for school bullies would be meted out only as a last resort with strict safeguards.

Under new guidelines caning will only be used as a punishment for male students aged nine and above as a ‘last resort’ ...

School bullies face caning under new guidelines, but the education minister said it would be meted out only as a last resort ...

Singapore has rolled out new school disciplinary guidelines under which male students found guilty of bullying could face ...

Singapore’s Ministry of Education has formalised caning as a last-resort punishment for serious bullying cases, limited to boys in upper primary and older, under strict safety protocols. Education ...

Singaporean boys, as young as nine year old, can now be caned if found guilty of bullying. This is according to new ...

Caning in Singapore is a legacy of British colonial rule, but the UK has long abolished corporal punishment. A WHO report ...

Boys aged nine and above who commit serious bullying offenses in school in Singapore may receive up to three strokes of the ...

Singapore’s Ministry of Education has clarified that corporal punishment in schools remains a long-standing disciplinary measure for male students and has not been newly introduced, following media ...