In recent years education has become widespread for mass. But an inverse association between educational level and agreement on physical punishment suggests that attitudes to this form of child disciplining are changing. Various issues regarding physical punishment in schools are coming out in medias frequently. Physical punishment has a long history. For thousands of years the rod or its substitute was the emblem of the teacher. Yet today few educational leaders and parents support its use but reluctantly. Now a general acceptance is that physical punishment for failure or indiscipline is unacceptable due to psychological and ethical points. Its use in schools is declining rapidly due to unacceptance of public, increased litigation against school and teachers, more party politics in schools and legislative bans.