Editing Caning (section)

=== In modern-day schools ===
[[File:Hand caning.jpg|thumb|right|upright|A picture showing the marks left on a female student's palm after being caned]] 
Caning as a school punishment is still routine in a number of former British territories [[Caning in Singapore#School caning|including Singapore]],<ref>See [https://www.corpun.com/usscr2c.htm#singapore Singapore school handbooks] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826060349/http://www.corpun.com/usscr2c.htm#singapore |date=26 August 2009 }} at World Corporal Punishment Research.</ref> [[Caning in Malaysia|Malaysia]] and Zimbabwe. {{Cn span|text=It is also common in some countries where it is technically illegal, including Thailand, Kenya, Vietnam and South Korea|date=April 2025}}<!-- {{As of|2019}} {{oldid2|926977992|addition}}-->. 

Until relatively recently it had also been common in [[Australia]] (now banned in public schools, and abolished in practice by the vast majority of all independent schools),<ref>[https://www.corpun.com/rules.htm#ozsch Country files - Australia: School CP] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208213624/http://corpun.com/rules.htm#ozsch |date=8 February 2009 }} at World Corporal Punishment Research.</ref> [[New Zealand]] (banned in 1990),<ref>Education Act, 1989. [http://www.endcorporalpunishment.org/pages/progress/reports/new-zealand.html New Zealand State Report] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725034013/http://www.endcorporalpunishment.org/pages/progress/reports/new-zealand.html |date=25 July 2008 }} at GITEACPOC.</ref> and [[South Africa]] (banned in public and private schools alike from 1996).<ref>[https://www.corpun.com/zasc9610.htm "Assembly passes new schools bill"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519203435/http://corpun.com/zasc9610.htm |date=19 May 2009 }}, ''Cape Times'', 30 October 1996.</ref> In the UK, all corporal punishment in private schools was banned in 1999 for England and Wales,<ref name=":0">{{cite news |work=The Independent |location=London |title=Last vestiges of caning swept away |author=Brown, Colin |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/last-vestiges-of-caning-swept-away-1152260.html |date=25 March 1998 |access-date=25 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121102236/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/last-vestiges-of-caning-swept-away-1152260.html |archive-date=21 January 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> 2000 in Scotland,<ref name=":1">{{cite news |url= http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/learning-to-be-partners-education-bill-welcomed-but-tories-will-fight-return-of-opted-out-school-to-the-fold-1.283008 |work= The Herald |location= Glasgow |date= 8 July 1999 |author= Buie, Elizabeth |title= Education Bill welcomed but Tories will fight return of opted-out school to the fold |access-date= 18 May 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121010010051/http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/learning-to-be-partners-education-bill-welcomed-but-tories-will-fight-return-of-opted-out-school-to-the-fold-1.283008 |archive-date= 10 October 2012 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web |url= http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2000/6/section/16 |title= Standards in Scotland's Schools etc. Act 2000, s.16 |access-date= 18 May 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110605070530/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2000/6/section/16 |archive-date= 5 June 2011 |url-status= live }}</ref> and 2003 in Northern Ireland.<ref name=":3">{{cite news |url= https://corpun.com/uks00306.htm#11591 |work=Belfast Telegraph |title =Ulster schools defying slap ban |date =27 June 2003 |author=Torney, Kathryn |access-date =18 May 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110609182733/http://www.corpun.com/uks00306.htm#11591 |archive-date =9 June 2011 |url-status =live }}</ref>

==== Malaysia ====
In [[Malaysia]], the Education Ordinance 1957 specifically outlaws the caning of girls in school.<ref>[http://data.ppk.kpm.my/article.cfm?id=110 Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia 2003. ''Surat Pekeliling Iktisas Bil 7:2003 - Kuasa Guru Merotan Murid''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013131610/http://data.ppk.kpm.my/article.cfm?id=110 |date=13 October 2007 }}. Retrieved 4 June 2007. {{in lang|ms}}</ref> However, the caning of girls is rather common. This caning is usually carried out on the palm or clothed bottom.<ref>{{cite news |author=Uda Nagu, Suzieana |url= https://www.corpun.com/mys00403.htm |title=Spare the rod? |work=New Straits Times |location=Kuala Lumpur |date=21 March 2004 |access-date=5 June 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071014034248/http://corpun.com/mys00403.htm |archive-date=14 October 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Chin, V.K. |url= http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?file=/2007/12/4/columnists/vkchin/19629191&sec=vkchin |title=Caning of schoolgirls is nothing new |work=The Star |location=Kuala Lumpur |date=4 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110521132910/http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?file=%2F2007%2F12%2F4%2Fcolumnists%2Fvkchin%2F19629191&sec=vkchin |archive-date=21 May 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author= Lau Lee Sze |url= http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/11/29/focus/19604403&sec=focus |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110521132939/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2007%2F11%2F29%2Ffocus%2F19604403&sec=focus |url-status= dead |archive-date= 21 May 2011 |title= Girls should be caned too but do it right |work= The Star |location= Kuala Lumpur |date= 29 November 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Chew, Victor |url= http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/7/26/focus/21889827&sec=focus |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110608154853/http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2008%2F7%2F26%2Ffocus%2F21889827&sec=focus |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 June 2011 |title=Use the cane only as a last resort, teachers |work=The Star |location=Kuala Lumpur |date=26 July 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/2/22/focus/10779950&sec=focus |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120714130551/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/2/22/focus/10779950&sec=focus |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 July 2012 |title=Parents have to be totally involved |work=The Star |location=Kuala Lumpur |date=22 February 2012 }}</ref> Sometimes, the cane can hit the student's thighs or arms, causing injury, usually in the form of bruises, bleeding, or obvious welts.<ref name="KLStar06082997">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2007/08/06/school-says-sorry-for-caning-that-left-bruises/ |title=School says sorry for caning that left bruises |newspaper=The Star |location=Kuala Lumpur |date=6 August 2007 |access-date=26 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626200633/https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2007/08/06/school-says-sorry-for-caning-that-left-bruises/ |archive-date=26 June 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/06/24/secondary-schoolgirl-left-with-red-welts-on-arms-and-legs-after-caning/ |title=Secondary schoolgirl left with red welts on arms and legs after caning |newspaper=The Star |location=Kuala Lumpur |last=Jamil |first=Syauqi |date=24 June 2019 |access-date=26 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626004209/https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/06/24/secondary-schoolgirl-left-with-red-welts-on-arms-and-legs-after-caning/ |archive-date=26 June 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Students (both male and female) can even be caned publicly for minor mistakes like lateness, poor grades, being unable to answer questions correctly or forgetting to bring a textbook.<ref name="KLStar06082997" /> In November 2007, in response to a perceived increase in indiscipline among female students, the National Seminar on Education Regulations (Student Discipline) passed a resolution recommending allowing the caning of female students at school.<ref>{{cite news |last= Chew |first=Sarah |url= http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/11/28/nation/19595309&sec=nation |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110521133002/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2007%2F11%2F28%2Fnation%2F19595309&sec=nation |url-status= dead |archive-date= 21 May 2011 |title= Education seminar passes resolution to cane female students |work= The Star |location= Kuala Lumpur |date= 28 November 2007}}</ref> The resolution is currently{{when|date=September 2019}} in its consultation process.