Education Minister Priya Manickchand says while she is personally against corporal punishment being administered in schools many parents do not see such disciplining as abuse and hence the need for consultations.
She added that what is addressed in the UN Conven-tion on the Rights of the Child, which Guyana has ratified, is child abuse and not specifically corporal punishment.
This comment came in light of a letter published in the August 05 edition of the Stabroek News with the headline: “Guyana has ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child prohibiting the
