Corporal Punishment and its Effect on Class-Room Performance of Secondary School Students in the District of Kolkata
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Abstract
The Study was conducted to examine the effect of three categories of corporal punishment-physical punishment , mental harassment and discrimination on student's classroom performance . The sample consisted of Two hundred sixty one students of class V to class VII taken randomly from six(6) Bengali medium schools (Govt. Sponsored) under West Bengal board of Higher Secondary Education. All the students belong to the same age group ten(10) to twelve(12) years. The results of the study revealed that physical punishment, mental harassment and discrimination were not significantly associated with student's classroom performance .