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“Corporal punishment is not done in any government school in the district,” district elementary education officer Prem Lata Yadav told TOI. GURUGRAM: Over 80% of government school students in the city are punished in school, according to a survey carried out by an NGO. For many, physical punishment, accompanied by mental harassment, is a daily routine. Children also said they experience both mild and severe forms of physical punishment, as well as verbal harassment referring to their “bad upbringing”.The research found that most parents (91%) approve of corporal punishment and use it themselves (74%). The survey found that over 80% of such marginalised kids are regularly beaten at school, up to thrice a week..