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Does Education ministry silently condone caning?

By Njoroge Kinuthia

It has been difficult to catch the attention of Sam Ongeri. Parents have complained of rising cases of corporal punishment in schools. But this has not, in our judgement, bothered him. Could the good Prof be part of the school of thought whose motto is: Spare the rod, spoil the child?

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