Comments on: Caning at La Martiniere, Calcutta…

By: aman

aman — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:08:16 +0000

Dear maam,
I am a student of La Martiniere For Boys Kolkata.
As of caning is concerned I am against it.I think you must have grabbed most of the stories that have come on news channels .I would not like to go into how they work.Corporal punishment is not a part of our school.Secondly people of the school never justified caning and admitted it was a mistake ,including the principal.I would like to inform you about the facts of the case which I think you may be unaware of ( http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=129709607058777&topic=97 ) ….What Dr Ronen Roy wanted to tell was that in a perfectly healthy parent child relationship a child shares every problem he has with his parents. In this case that did not happen . I am sure that Mr Rawla should have been informed about what was happening in our school by Rouvan himself.Thus there was a communication gap between the family and Rouvan. There were 4 other teachers who were blamed for Rouvans death too. They did not ouch the child or abuse him in any way.I would like all of you to check facebook and search for support groups for La Martiniere…… you will find many ….. Thats because we knew what happened in school and we are not informed about the case by the media.There are many students in La Martiniere who have their middle name as “Martinian” in order to show support to the school.Corporal punishment is different and abatement to suicide is different.
please read the link i have written so that you can be informed about the facts of the case.

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By: yang

yang — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:54:03 +0000

we have another way to treat wayward children except useing violent methods.
And How children’s parents really can do such a thing?Do they think it is normal?
I suggest them to read the book 《anne of green gables》,then they will understand how to educate their children.

By: Debashis Sen

Debashis Sen — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:55:02 +0000

Caning in Indian schools is a legacy of the British Raj and it should be consigned to history. However it is easier said than done mainly because a vast number of teachers in our schools belong to the older generation to whom modern methods of teaching and disciplining children are unknown. This is particularly true of Anglo Indian schools like La Martiniere – plagued as they are by unmitigated corruption, lack of modern teaching infrastructure and hopelessly outdated and incompetent teachers like Sunirmal Chakrabarty. The Rouvanjit case should be an eye opener for parents in Kolkata to seriously ask themselves why they pay huge bribes to get their children admitted to schools like La Martiniere. It is pertinent to point out here that new age schools like DPS have better teaching infrastructure and competent teachers. Caning in such schools is unheard of because the teachers are conversant with modern methods of teaching and do not feel the need to adopt primitive methods like caning.

Debashis Sen

By: Padmaja

Padmaja — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 03:52:07 +0000

The main problem with the education system of today is the importance given to the marks and the ranks. If most of the students of a school get admission into the best colleges would it be called as a prestigious school? I wonder what are the qualities that the said school possesses to call it prestigious.

Trying to make a child understand things by caning and handing out corporal punishments surely shows the inability of the teachers to motivate the students. The scar on the skin might disappear after a few days, but the emotional scars that appear have a life long impact on the child. The child may either think that he deserves all that abuse or may end up abusing others.

A very wrong message by the head of the institution. We need to condemn such acts by people in the name of authority.

By: Kamna Datt

Kamna Datt — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:43:18 +0000

Corporal punishment is a primitive method of telling a child his or her mistakes and use of such means is nothing but barbaric. An Adolscent mind is very impressionistic and needs to be dealt with a lot of senstivity and care…unfortunately the head of the school failed to do so.

By: Priya Kejriwal

Priya Kejriwal — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 07:33:05 +0000

I totally agree with you Shalini. Caning, slapping, beating or inflicting any kind of pain to anyone is not a solution to any problem.Right kind of counselling at the right time and lots of love and concern would help a child more than fear of punishment .