Zimbabwe's High Court has outlawed corporal punishment for children both at school and in the home.
Justice David Mangota agreed that corporal punishment for children was unconstitutional and said that parents and teachers should not lay their hands on children even if they misbehave.
The ruling comes after a parent, Linah Pfungwa, complained that her child in grade one, had deep bruises after a beating by a teacher for failing to have her reading book signed by guardians as proof she had done her homework.
While some parents are criticising the ruling, rights groups says it is long overdue.
The judgment which will have to be confirmed by constitutional court, would transform the way parents have disciplined their children for centuries in the southern African country.
Justice David Mangota agreed that corporal punishment for children was unconstitutional and said that parents and teachers should not lay their hands on children even if they misbehave.
The ruling comes after a parent, Linah Pfungwa, complained that her child in grade one, had deep bruises after a beating by a teacher for failing to have her reading book signed by guardians as proof she had done her homework.
While some parents are criticising the ruling, rights groups says it is long overdue.
The judgment which will have to be confirmed by constitutional court, would transform the way parents have disciplined their children for centuries in the southern African country.
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