Abstract

The study was conducted on investigating the impacts of corporal punishment on students, with major emphasis on its nature, kinds and effects on students, with specialfocus on grades 9 th and 10 th students of the selected boys’ schools in district Multan.The major objectiveof the study was to identify the social and other impacts of the corporal punishment on the students of the above mentioned classes. This study is first of its nature in district Multan. The total sample size taken from students, teachers and parents were 607. It was found that corporal punishment remained a hurdle in developing good teacher-student relationship, character building; increased dropout rate, discouragement of learning environment, hatred impression for teachers, impaired interest intheir students study. Moreover, corporal punishment became the major cause for creating aggressive attitude, nervousness among students; it lowered their academic achievement and created psychological trauma. The study recommends the abolition of corporal punishment and strict impementatin of the existing law. Teachers need to be made aware of the negative results of corporal punishment through training programs.