{"id":16123,"date":"2023-02-28T15:16:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T13:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=16123"},"modified":"2023-02-28T15:16:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T13:16:26","slug":"child-series-volume-i-children-exposed-to-maltreatment-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=16123","title":{"rendered":"Child Series Volume I: Children exposed to maltreatment, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

MEDIA RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n

28 February 2023
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Child Series Volume I: Children exposed to maltreatment, 2021 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Despite the abolishment of corporal punishment in South African schools in 1997, it is still used as a form of discipline. This is according to the Children exposed to maltreatment, 2021<\/em> report released by Statistics South Africa today.<\/p>\n

The report further shows that the most common form of violence experienced by children was corporal punishment by teachers. Of the 1 million children who experienced violence at school, close to 84% experienced corporal punishment by teachers, followed by verbal abuse by teachers (13,7%) and physical violence by teachers (10,6%). About 6 in 10 children who experienced corporal punishment by teachers at school in 2019 lived in rural areas. However, 7 in 10 children who experienced physical violence by teachers in 2019 were residents of urban areas.<\/p>\n

Maltreatment at school includes corporal punishment or physical violence by teachers, physical abuse by other learners or verbal abuse by either the teachers or other learners. In South Africa in 2009, close to 1 in 5 children (18,5%) aged 5\u201317 years experienced some sort of violence at school, which includes corporal punishment or verbal abuse. This reduced to 8,2% in 2019, with just over 1 million out of 13 million school-going children aged 5\u201317 years reporting that they had experienced some form of violence. KwaZulu-Natal had the highest percentage of children who experienced violence at school (35,1%), followed by Eastern Cape (18,1%), Gauteng (11,8%) and North West (10,2%).<\/p>\n

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Issued by Statistics South Africa<\/p>\n

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For technical inquiries contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Solly Molayi<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chief Director: Social Statistics<\/p>\n

Cell: 083\u00a0440\u00a07035<\/p>\n

Email: Sollymol@statssa.gov.za<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dr<\/strong> Seble Worku<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director: Education and Child Statistics<\/p>\n

Cell: 082\u00a0884\u00a03366<\/p>\n

Email: Seblew@statssa.gov.za<\/a><\/p>\n

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For media inquiries contact: <\/strong>
\nFelicia Sithole<\/p>\n

Cell: 076\u00a0430\u00a00693<\/p>\n

Email: felicias@statssa.gov.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MEDIA RELEASE 28 February 2023 Child Series Volume I: Children exposed to maltreatment, 2021 \u00a0 Despite the abolishment of corporal punishment in South African schools in 1997, it is still used as a form of discipline. This is according to the Children exposed to maltreatment, 2021 report released by Statistics South Africa today. The report   read more »<\/a><\/p>\n

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