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CENTRAL
BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION
DELHI
CIRCULAR
Dated
20th July,2002
To
All
Heads of Institutions Affiliated to CBSE
Dear
Principal,
The
Board has always held the view that every child is a potential human
resource and asset to the country, and it is the duty of the
educational institutions to provide the right ambience and climate to
the learners to develop and enrich their latent talents. Education is
a holistic process, which facilitates the total development of
personality. The tools and methods adopted to impart education should,
therefore address to the above objectives. To develop as a creative
human being, the individual should learn in an atmosphere free from
fear. Psychological experiments do substantiate the view that fear
negates creativity.
The
concept of punishment has always nursed a sense of fear and learning
does not occur in a fear prone environment.. It is therefore
imperative that schools should adopt such methods by which the learner
develops a sense of self-confidence and self-dependence
On certain occasions, when the behaviour and attitude of the
students have not been acceptable, it is important to find out the
reasons for such errant behaviour and counsel them appropriately
rather than to punish them straight away.
The
Board has been concerned about the use of corporal punishment in
schools. The Board believes that there is no scope for such
punishments in the learning environment and the teachers should adopt
strategies by which the learner realizes one’s mistake, if any,
rather than face a corporal punishment by the institution. Love
reinforces confidence and once the learner believes that the school
atmosphere is permeating with love from the teachers, they will desist
from indulging any acts that would negate the environment that has
been built. Corporal punishments are therefore to be avoided at any
cost in the school.
It
is therefore requested that the Heads of Institutions should bring
home the above points to the attention of all the teachers in their
school and ensure that no child is subjected to any corporal
punishment at any point of time in the schooling process. The Heads of
institutions should organize meetings of the staff and convey to them
the suggestions and instructions of the Board in this regard.
Your
cooperation in the matter will go a long way in building a generation
of people who are self-actualised, creative and contributive to the
country.
Yours
faithfully,
G.BALASUBRAMANIAN
Director (Academic)
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