The times back then were indeed different from today, and there was unequal treatment of students, especially females. I read that only men were able to study because it was their responsibility to provide for their families, while women were expected to stay at home and were not deemed necessary to pursue education.
Yeah, there was a time when that was the case.
It's good that physical punishment is prohibited, but it's disheartening because their are some students do not show respect to their teachers.
I don't agree, in such cases there are other measures and tools to make the student behave and obey the rules. Violence is never an acceptable one.