Violent physical punishment inflicted at the hands of teachers is a regular part
of the classroom experience for many Kenyan children, although the corporal punishment is banned.
A recent case in which teachers beat a Form Four student leaving her nursing multiple fractures on her left arm has shed light on excessive force they sometimes use when dealing with indiscipline.
Three weeks ago, eighteen-year-old Carolyne Njahera Boro, the head girl at Bongo Girls Secondary School in Kinangop, Nyandarua County was allegedly assaulted by three teachers using plastic cords and sticks. This was apparently in a bid to force her to name students suspected of planning unrest in the school.“I feel victimized for nothing. They just picked on me and six other prefects, owing to the positions we hold, and beat us up until they got tired,” said
Carolyne at her home near Kikuyu township.
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