Its important to know what happened before which prompted the video (which was a dumb idea BTW)!
Too little information to come to any conclusion.

While I oppose **abusing** children, discipline is a different matter and comes in different forms. What works for one child may not work for another. There should be a standardized process schools go through to work up to corporal punishment if it is needed, and the parents should be advised of the process and be warned in advance that the child could face corporal punishment.
It cannot be done willy-nilly by any person without oversight!

If this is how children are treated in the custody of the school board can you imagine how one is treated in police custody ?

What investigative work did The Tribune do to ascertain the incident was not staged, i.e. fake news?

The teacher needs a police escort now. Knowing how our children are, there's a good chance she gone get jook!

So what. I'm sure this teacher had the best intentions; disciplining them as she received in her childhood. Beating with a belt like this causes a bit of a stinging pain but nothing to injure anyone. As joeblow says, we need the full story to come to a conclusion. This article is biased; good (ethical) journalism presents facts from all sides in neutral way to inform the reader.

Teachers doing the job of parents. Someone got to beat sense and manners into these little hoodlums of today so they will grow up to be pillars of society. THEY KNOW WHAT THEY DID WHY THEY GOT THEIR ASS BEAT

We should get this teacher to give a good beating to certain of our parliamentarians! LMAO

Yes, yes and yes why not when none other than the comrade education minister he self said, students 'should be beaten in schools' only if all other options have been exhausted and in the most egregious of circumstances"...... what stops any teacher from pleading the 5th - it was administrated under what they deemed be 'most egregious of circumstances..... yes, no it's well established you're permitted beat students but only under minister's guidelines..... can't just make this kinds instructive when beat children's policy up, yes, no............ on any other colony's capital Out Island, the parents/guardians we students would be doing a Jericho March - rungin' they cowbells around red shirts comrade minister Jeff's office, yes, no?

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AS always we complain about our society being violent and then demand our children get the belt whenever they step out of line. Check the countries which have abolished corporal punishment and see their levels of crime compared to ours. But that doesn't matter we like to beat children as we think if you spare the rod spoil the child. Oh well don't worry, even though one day that child will grow up.

... look at their levels of education and culture compared to ours!
Vast differences between corporal punishment and abuse. People need to recognize the differences!

Will the politicians bring a referendum to abolish corporal punishment??????????

Take it ma comrade Sheeprunner that you've got your cowbells within reach do a rungin' cowbells Jericho March around the walls red shirts comrade minister Jeff's office, yes, no?

'Apparently' the incident in question had something to do with boys and girls being found in the same room at a hotel during an inter-island sports competition event?

Comrade DDK, even under Jeff's ministerial's Draconian administrator da strap rule, still in we Christian faiths colony, the socialising mixing sexes is allowed, yes, no?

... yes in public places, no in hotel rooms unsupervised!

Yes the boys had underaged girls in their room which resulted in the lashings. Apparently one of the boys (who got his beating first) was not involved in entertaining the young girls but he got whipped because he was in the room. Had this whole not been recorded and then posted on Facebook the backlash would not have been as severe

Jeff Lloyd needs to stop talking and start doing ........... Stream ALL junior high and senior high schools by sex and academic/technical ability ......... Get the best that you can out of them early ....... Go back to the SAC & Aquinas model. It worked then ......... it can surely work now.

Yes, yes and yes Ma comrades, time all teaches disappear from both government and private schools. The preparation 22nd century's "limited" curriculum needs begin to offer no courses other than Reading & Writin', Basic Math, Some English, Arts, Music and Dance - and the eventual doing away with structured attendance required classrooms and the elimination teachers, yes, no to no more need for neither a education minister, education department, nor a need PeoplesPublicPurse's funding thousands teachers and an education ministry, yes, no?

Would a male teacher handled it differently? if he had caught girls in the guys' room? Made them to run laps maybe or submitted to extra practice sessions? Because he understands the nature of young men. The key is to ensure they understand they were not being punished for attracting girls, but for violating school policy and taking them to their rooms after hours.This teacher, while her intention is good, tried to make publicity of the matter. To shame or embarrass the guys. So at the end of the day one may ask "what type of teacher beats guys for having girls in their rooms?' You discipline them, yes and lecture them of the possible consequences (pregnancy, stds, expulsion from school), yes but corporal punishing them? And in front of an audience.

Most of our female teachers struggle to teach Bahamian boys ....... for many reasons (old wounds, abuse, disrespect, insecurity, intimidation, powerplay, sexual orientation, colour, personal space, EQ, learning styles, etc.).

But what can we do when most of our teachers are females, most of the principals are females, and most of the engaged/active parents are females????????

Spare the Rod and spoil the child.This sayings goes back a long way.Kids have to be shown respect and it is not going come from the parents.Nip it in the butt quickly and they will not do it again.However, there are other ways to show respect and have discipline in the classroom, like writing long essays ad stay behind in class and do chores like cleaning up the school.