HRC Summary - Gambia

The summary by the HCHR does not deal wih education, but it mentions corporal punishment in schools (p. 5)

21. The Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children (GIEACPC) reported that corporal punishment is lawful in the home and in schools and that there is no explicit prohibition of corporal punishment as a disciplinary measure in penal institutions and alternative care settings. GIEACPC recommended that the government introduce legislation as a matter of urgency to prohibit all corporal punishment of children in the home, schools, penal institutions and alternative care settings.

OHCHR Summary of stakeholders’ information