An Investigation Into The Impact Of The Legal Abolition Of Corporal Punishment On The Teaching And Learning Environment In Secondary Schools. A Case Of Three Schools In Marondera Urban Distri

ABSTRACT Recently, corporal punishment has been legally abolished in Zimbabwean schools as well as in other various countries surrounding the world. This is in keeping with the international inclinations of being on familiar terms with the rights of the child specified in the Convention of the Rights of the Child and the Zimbabwean constitution at large. There are laws and regulations in Zimbabwean schools that forbid teachers from administering corporal punishment to learners. However, despite this move to legally abolish corporal punishment in schools, the media and limited research indicat…