Observers often misunderstand this and think the cane lands on the pad.
This school, whose uniform for male students was all-white, used to tie a special blue towelling pad round the waist of boys being disciplined, to protect the lower spine and kidneys against a mis-stroke. As at many secondary schools in Singapore, corporal punishment for male students here was fairly common, always delivered with a rattan to the seat of the trousers. Farrellįour video clips of real Singapore schoolboy canings.ĬLIP 1 OF 4: Five secondary boys are caned for fighting (3 minutes)Īt Bedok North Secondary, a co-educational school (now closed) in a working-class suburb of Singapore in 2009, five lads in Secondary 3 (age 14 - 15) are given one stroke of the cane each in front of their class. Video clips: School caning in Singapore With comments by C. SCHOOL CORPORAL PUNISHMENT: four videos of genuine Singapore caning
