The Youth Coalition for Transformation (YCT) is supporting the call for the abolition of corporal punishment in schools and violence as a means of discipline in homes as it has resulted in children becoming cultured to use violence to solve conflicts and to exert power over those perceived to be vulnerable.
YCT presented this view in its submission to the Special Select Committee on Guyana’s commitment to the United Nations Human Rights Council on the abolition of corporal punishment in schools and other human rights and social justice issues. In a press release, the group said it is committed to transforming the attitudes of Guyanese to nationhood, including alleviating violence against young and vulnerable persons.
According to YCT, Guyana has a history of using violence, especially by the state in schools and by the Guyana Police Force and other forces, to achieve power and domination. This wider tolerance of violence has resulted in an increase in the levels of violence in homes and schools; not only committed by teachers against students, but also
