Uganda: Ministry to Revoke Certificates of Teachers Who Beat Children Teachers who beat children at school risk having their certificates revoked, the state minister for Primary Education has warned. Dr John Chrysostom Muyingo said the Ministry of Education was ready to ban any teacher found guilty of administering the outlawed corporal punishment. "Beating children is outdated. The government abolished beating in schools because it was one of the major reasons why children drop out of schools. If a teacher is found guilty of beating a child, his or her (practicing) certificate will be cancelled," Dr Muyingo warned. The minister was speaking to journalists on the sidelines of a workshop on ... Continue reading... http://allafrica.com/stories/201603070390.html
