Scissors, Discipline & Child Rights: The Legal Questions Behind Forced Haircuts In Schools
By ADAEZE GENEVIEVE OSEGE THE emergence of disturbing images and videos showing young children with their hair partly or roughly shaved by teachers has reopened an important debate about discipline, parental authority and the rights of children within Nigeria’s school system. In one widely discussed case, a four-year-old boy reportedly had part of his hair shaved […]
