Corporal punishment was banned in the UK in 1986, but increasing instances of disciplinary lapses are causing people there to rethink the matter and perhaps bring back caning.
Personally, I think this is a matter of culture. In general, schools in the west suffer because of a certain disregard for education. The nerd-jock divide isn’t as prevalent in a country like ours because of societal norms. If you are bad at studies but great at sports, you are the exact opposite of cool. In India, when the nerd walks into class, he does so in slow motion and the Darth Vader theme plays in the background. No wonder classes are more disciplined here.
