Caning is banned in Ghanaian schools. It has not stopped.

The Ghana Education Service banned all forms of corporal punishment in schools and, in January 2019, directed teachers nationwide to adopt a Positive Discipline Toolkit instead.

Reporting and research since then indicate caning remains common in classrooms, with limited monitoring and few consequences for teachers who continue.

A ban without an accessible complaints route for a child is a policy, not a protection.