Is corporal punishment allowed in schools in Tanzania?
Legal
Corporal punishment is authorized by regulation, allowing headmasters to order it with specific limits.
Tanzania 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
- South Africa
- Banned The South African Schools Act prohibits corporal punishment in schools.
- United Arab Emirates
- Banned A 1998 federal law banned corporal punishment in all public and private schools.
- Israel
- Banned Corporal punishment is banned in Israeli schools by court rulings and the Pupils' Rights Law.
- Iran
- Banned Physical punishment for students is forbidden in Iranian schools under executive regulations and protection laws.
- Greece
- Banned Corporal punishment is banned in all Greek schools, with the ban extended to secondary schools in 2005.
- Sierra Leone
- Legal Corporal punishment is currently legal in Sierra Leonean schools.
Other laws in Tanzania
- Death Penalty
- Not used in practice
- Gun Laws
- Restrictive
- Military Conscription
- Selective / de jure only
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