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Amendments to Taiwan's basic education law have come into force which ban corporal punishment in schools.
Advocates of the changes say students will be better protected and that the island's overall human rights situation will be enhanced.
However, some teachers in Taiwan fear the new rules could cause chaos in their classrooms, saying it removes an important disciplinary tool.
The move means 109 countries have now banned corporal punishment in schools.
After years of lobbying by civic groups, lawmakers in Taiwan ratified the new rules designed to prevent teachers in educational institutes from physically and psychologically punishing students.
The BBC's Caroline Gluck in Taipei says before the changes Taiwan had regulations in place which theoretically banned corporal punishment - but they seemed to be widely ignore.
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I'm not from Taiwan but I think this amendment is, to put it bluntly, just bullshit. Today's Youth has no respect for their elders, discipline is like a urban legend to some of them. I say we should bring back corporal punishment to the classrooms in UK (maybe US too?). Pain teaches quickly and effectively.