By Gary EleazarThere will be no more corporal punishment in training schools such as the New Opportunity Corps. Children who have been ordered detained in such schools are to be exempt for any such physical punishment when the amendments for the Training Schools come into force.The amendments to remove the method of disciplining for failing to adhere to an order was piloted by Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee last evening in the National Assembly as the Parliament came out of recess.Rohee in his presentation to the House, yesterday, said that the laws were archaic and that they were seeking to have the laws modernized.He said that the laws allow for a child that has been ordered detained by a magistrate to be whipped for failing to adhere to an order.As it relates to the maintenance of the child in custody,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, Rohee said that the current laws allow for the father to assist in the maintenance of the child with no more than three dollars but this has now been changed so that the state will assume full responsibility.He said that they will be removing that responsibility from the parent/guardian of the child and it will lie solely with the government.The institution will also be under the stewardship of the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport.Shadow Home Affairs Minister Deborah Backer told the House that no enlightened person would object to the removal of whipping from the law but questioned just how serious the government was at modernizing the laws of Guyana.She reissued her call for the establishment of a law reform commission which would be dedicated to continuously addressing the laws of Guyana many of which are archaic.Backer also questioned why deal with corporal punishment at the level of the training schools when the formal education system still allows for head teachers to institute corporal punishment on their students.She questioned the move by the Minister seeking to find out if the move was just to make Guyana “donor compliant”.Minister of Culture Youth and Sport, Dr Frank Anthony,NFL Jerseys Cheap, in his presentation to the debate said that even back in the days of slavery whipping did not work as a form of punishment and today it still does not work.He pointed out that the Training Schools Act speaks to the functioning of the New Opportunity Corps and with the law in place whipping is no longer an option.According to Dr Anthony what NOC does is seek to edify those children that society has failed and they try to empower them so that when they leave the institution they are employable.He did seek to allay the fears of Backer and told the House that under the Education Act whipping is not permissible in the formal education system.Rohee, in his rebuttal,Wholesale Jerseys, to Backer said that his government has a strong track record that speaks volumes as it relates to the modernization of the laws of Guyana.He said that he believed that the theory of “one,Wholesale China NFL Jerseys, one dutty does build dam” is applicable as the end result will be the same.The Juvenile Offenders (Amendment) Bill was also passed which had the same aim of removing corporal punishment for persons directed by a magistrate to be detained by the state.Alliance for Change, Khemraj Ramjattan,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, whilst supporting the Bill drew reference to the fact that ever since 2006 his then colleague,Cheap Jerseys Authentic, Chantelle Smith, had tabled a motion in the House calling for the very removal of corporal punishment.He said that he was thankful that the government has at least come to the realization that there needs to be the abandonment of corporal punishment.