Date: 24th Feb 2011.

Prepared by: Abdul Wahab

Location/venue: Quetta Serena Hotel
Time /Duration:
From 10:30 AM to 02:00 PM
Topic: Child Rights, Protection and corporal punishment.
Target Group: officials of PITE, BOC and EC
No of Participant: Total 39 Participants.

One day sensitization workshop on Child Rights, Protection and Corporal punishment

with officials of PITE, BOC and EC was organized by SEHER organization with

collaboration of Save the Children. The aim of the workshop was to Increase

participant’s knowledge and understanding of the Child Rights, Protection and Corporal

punishment, Establish an understanding of Child Rights and related issues due to which

children face difficult circumstance at home, community and at school level, and

Familiarize participants with the legal issues and Notification regarding corporal

punishment were also discussed.

The workshop was inaugurated with recitation of holy Quran; Ms Fazila Sherdil, program

manager Baluchistan Education Program, welcomed the participants and extended

heartfelt thanks for their active participation. Afterword an interesting way of

introduction took place, initially Ms Fazila Sherdil rendering as stage compare,

introduced herself and team members, Later formatted pages were provided to each
participant and Ask to write their name(s), draw anything related to their preference

and explain it. In addition asked about their choice what they want to smell, eat and ear.

After writing they present their views which are as follows.

 Draw fish because I like and fish catching is like child care which required little

extra training as well as attention.

 Butterfly that has different colures which makes garden more beautiful same

child, if we give special care so they will make country prosperous.

 Rising sun which gives good news for another success.

 Draws rose which is like child that required too much care to be looked

beautiful in long term.

 Dolphin that change its behavior with circumstances so teacher should also

change his or her attitude with students.

 Duck that shows discipline and organize all his members in quality leadership.

 Star that is highest point of success and when goal is archived so it looks like

star.

 Bell which is used for calling of teacher and student to teach and learn which

accomplishes necessities of the society.

After completion of introduction in next session, SEHER organization and its different

projects were highlighted and shared that organization creating an enabling

environment for the most vulnerable and needy to assert towards their rights and
considers children as the most vulnerable and exploited in this regard. in addition

organization’s efforts that have been undertaken for child rights and protection

including child protection centers numerous campaign, Trainings, sensitization

workshops and several related activities were also shared.

Followed by the SEHER introduction session, she talked on child protection, challenges

faced in protecting the rights of children. She also highlighted areas in surroundings

where child rights are violated on regular bases, hurdles in primary education and drop

out due to corporal punishment. In the presentation parents were urged that they

should give proper care and listen their child & give respect to their view. Because if

they don’t time may be they will be facing some hard people but due to negligence they

would not be able to share it with them.

Followed by it, Corporal punishment session took place where it was shared that

Children are the future of the country, therefore we must ensure the security of

children, both physically and psychologically, for a better future. There have been

advances in some parts of the world regarding the security of children; however, many

serious problems still remain. One of the most severe problems being faced currently is

violence against children, especially in Pakistan. it is still going on against children

particularly in schools and other educational institutions as beating with sticks, whips or

use equipments, humiliated, verbally attacked, gone through senseless actions in

schools. In many countries, school officials routinely used corporal punishment to

maintain classroom discipline and to punish children for poor academic performance or

for the purpose of disciplining, or to prevent attitudes or behaviors. These measures

often resulted in bruising, swelling, and small cuts; at times, however, children suffered

more serious injuries such as sprained or broken fingers or wrists, knocked-out teeth,

internal injuries, and even death.

maintaining a friendly classroom environment has been a major priority in education

and that the government is spending money to make the classroom a learning habitat

and the bill is passed from the parliament through eighteen amendment that The child

has the right to be shown respect for his personality and individuality and shall not be

made subject to corporal punishment or to other humiliating or degrading treatments.

In this regard govt of Baluchistan has issued a notification, ban on corporal punishment

so copies of notification were distributed among the participant and divided them in

four groups and further they were asked to write strength and weaknesses of the

notification.

Following are the strengths and weaknesses came through their views.

Strength

 It will be very helpful to avert corporal punishment if it would be implemented

with sincerity because it is from parliament.

 Through this notification teachers can be easily sensitized everybody gives

priority to his job in Pakistan.

 Through this notification school drop out of the students will be reduced

 It will create new methods of teaching in schools, it will compelled

department, teacher and parents to think for their child.

Weaknesses

 It is being considered as just simple an information

 There are no suggestions for teacher’s training which is very important for

alleviation of corporal punishment.

 There is no planning and strategy for presentation of corporal punishment, it

just order to stop but not mentioned how.

 The department has shown no interest till it is passed from the department

 In the notification there is no specification of responsibilities of department,

teacher, and parents.

At the end of workshop brief introduction of Child rights Convention was given. In

this session all forty one articles were presented briefly, though time was short so

workshop was formally ended.