Reply To: The parent of a learner in your class has given you permission to inflict corporal punishment. How would you deal with this? In which cases are you as a teacher obligated to report abuse related allegations?

[leeto Thulo]

1. I will have to sit down with the parent and refer him/her to the school’s code of conduct that is informed by SASA and the countries constitution that corporal punishment is a punishable offence.
2. I will also encourage parents to work together with us at the school to redirect the learners behaviour ito the right direction instead of corporal punishment.