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Caning will not end student indiscipline

The spate of indiscipline in secondary schools has once again found us flat-footed. Suggestions on how to address the problem have come from various persuasions. Some, like the re-introduction of corporal punishment, are cranky, simplistic and have no place in the 21st century. There are alternatives to the use of the cane as deterrence for misbehaviour. 

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