An Evaluative Study of Impacts of Corporal Punishment on Students’ Personality at Primary Level in District Nowshera

Corporal punishment of children is a worldwide phenomenon children are physically punished in almost all society. Two key features define corporal punishment physical violence against children and the concept of punishment in response to wrong doing. Corporal punishment has great effect on the students in their academic life. It is conducted with in school. It has both positive and negative effects. When the students go against the rules and regulation and do not allow the discipline. Different types of punishment like kicking, slapping, punching or paddling etc. are given in the schools to change their negative behavior. It is observed that corporal punishment has negative effects on the student's personality like they may falls in depression, fear and they start hatred from going to school. It will put bad effects on their personality, behavior and academic performance. Random sampling technique will be used. Data will be collected via questionnaire and then it will be analyzed by statistical package for social science (SPSS) software. Corporal punishment in schools reflects on large gap between current education policy that bans corporal punishment and actual implementations of the policy. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the impact of corporal punishment in schools at primary level in District Nowshera.