Pacific colonial codes and their post-independence inheritances replicated African parameters for caning.

Evidence

The colonial school codes across the Pacific authorized corporal punishment of pupils within the same parameters the African colonial codes authorized: thin cane or switch, limited number of strokes, administered by the headmaster or authorized teacher, no face-striking. The codes were inherited by the post-independence Pacific Island governments, just as the African post-independence governments inherited theirs (Episode 65). — , The Rod and the Child, 5287

Categorization

• SEED: A comparative piece on how identical caning parameters were encoded in colonial codes across two oceans could be compelling.
• XREF: connects to: Colonial school codes formally codified caning as official state policy — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 4446; Ghana’s post-independence school code authorized caning unchanged from the colonial era — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 4485; Pacific high corpora-punishment rates reflect colonial-mission transmission, not Indigenous practice — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 5255

Related

• Ghana’s post-independence school code authorized caning unchanged from the colonial era (similarity 0.88)
• Colonial school codes formally codified caning as official state policy (similarity 0.87)
• Decolonization transferred colonial corporal punishment apparatus rather than ending it (similarity 0.84)
• Pacific high corpora-punishment rates reflect colonial-mission transmission, not Indigenous practice (similarity 0.82)
• Modern corporal punishment practices in the Global South are largely colonial imports (similarity 0.81)
• Vietnamese socialist education retained colonial corporal correction despite legal prohibition (similarity 0.80)
• Corporal punishment of Māori children is a colonial inheritance, not an indigenous practice. (similarity 0.79)
• The high prevalence of corporal punishment in Africa is historically contingent, not fixed destiny. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Pacific high corpora-punishment rates reflect colonial-mission transmission, not Indigenous practice #corroborates (0.75) — , The Rod and the Child, 5255