Singapore’s education minister has confirmed that teachers are allowed to use caning to discipline unruly students in certain cases.
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School bullies in Singapore face caning

The education minister says caning for school bullies would be meted out only as a last resort with strict safeguards.
Boys aged nine and above who commit serious bullying offenses in school in Singapore may receive up to three strokes of the ...
In an announcement that has sent the world reeling, Singapore's education minister Desmond Lee said that teachers are now ...
Singaporean boys, as young as nine year old, can now be caned if found guilty of bullying. This is according to new guidelines discussed in Singaporean Parliament on Tuesday, The Guardian reported.