Bauchi govt bans corporal punishment in Islamiyya schools

Officials of the Bauchi State government has banned all forms of corporal punishment in private Islamiyya schools and higher Islamic learning institutions in the state. The state commissioner for education, Dr Aliyu Tilde, stated this in a statement in Bauchi.

He said the ministry would closely monitor all Islamiyya schools in the state to ensure that such behaviour is completely avoided, as it was improper for Islamiyya school owners and managers to be subjecting children to untold punishment in the guise of strengthening their moral behaviour.

The commissioner lamented that the rate at which corporal punishment was being carried out on pupils in Islamiyya schools in the state was worrisome, adding that it posed dangers to the general wellbeing of the pupils.

He also threatened that the ministry would not hesitate to close down schools found to be engaged in child molestation and the culprits will be punished appropriately.