Why Indian teachers beat their students in name of punishment?

NOTE : Please read the complete answer. This is most likely to change your perception and may stop you from doing a morally very bad and horrible and legally illegal action. The answer to this question is- Because many teachers and parents think that beating students is for their well being. read more

Indian teachers beat students because they believe that it will make them realize his or her mistake. This causes some harmful effects too. Many students feared of getting beating from teachers do not go to school and it results in illiteracy.(especially government schools) Even after many acts this inhuman action is still happening in India. read more

Answer to the point: Yes. Slightly longer answer: As per ‘The Right of children to free and compulsory education Act, 2009’ (popularly known as 'Right to Education Act'), all kinds of physical punishments - not just beating - of children are banned. read more

In India, it is considered perfectly normal to punish erring students. Some of the means of punishments are to humiliate the student by making him stand up on the bench or to face the corner of the classroom. Another form of punishment is to cause pain by rap on the knuckles using a long scale or stick. read more