<br/>HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said tough guidelines will be issued to check corporal punishment in schools. The statement came in the backdrop of a 13-year-old student in Kolkata allegedly ending his life after being caned by his principal.<br/> <br/>Mr Sibal has asked chairperson of National Commission Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Shantha Sinha to frame and issue tough guidelines to get rid of corporal punishment in schools.<br/> <br/>Talking to reporter in New Delhi the HRD Minister said that the children are the future of the country. No child should be subjected to harassment and thereby get demotivated and be pushed out of the system. <br/> <br/> He said that the newly-enacted Right To Education Act prohibits corporal punishment. <br/>