Ministry probing corporal punishment of Rupununi schoolgirls

An extreme application of the controversial Corporal Punishment has come to public attention through a video showing the beating of two female students, from the Awarewanau primary school in Deep South Rupununi.

Last evening, GINA said that the Ministry of Education is conducting an investigation into the Incident.

New Minister of Education Dr Rupert Roopnaraine, was reported as saying that he “in collaboration with the