Is corporal punishment allowed in schools in Sierra Leone?
Legal
Corporal punishment is currently legal in Sierra Leonean schools.
Sierra Leone is one of 5 countries classified “Legal” for corporal punishment in schools — 10% of the 49 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: School corporal punishment
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Spain
- Banned Spain banned all forms of corporal punishment in schools in 2007.
- France
- Banned Corporal punishment is explicitly banned in schools and homes in France under the 2019 law.
- Italy
- Banned Corporal punishment in Italian schools was officially banned in 1928.
- Luxembourg
- Banned Corporal punishment in schools was banned in 1845 and became a criminal offence in 1974.
- Greece
- Banned Corporal punishment is banned in all Greek schools, with the ban extended to secondary schools in 2005.
- Austria
- Banned Corporal punishment in schools has been banned in Austria since 1974.
Other laws in Sierra Leone
- Death Penalty
- Fully abolished
- Gun Laws
- Restrictive
- Military Conscription
- No conscription
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