In a survey of primary and secondary pupils conducted two years ago, the HEF found that 98 % of children had been subjected to direct or indirect corporal punishment. In a similar survey taken last year, 45 % said they had suffered direct corporal punishment.
人本教育基金會前年針對國中、小學作的調查，直、間接體罰的比例高達百分之九十八，去年再做一次調查，結果直接被體罰的也有四、五成。