It's such a shame as Egypt was quite a moderate country on religion. It's like going back to the dark ages. Though it sounds like parents need to stand up for their children's rights more. Any teacher who beat or caned my child and made them stand up with their arms up for hours would be having a visit from me and he police.
An outrageous way to treat children.
Waiting to be told that it's acceptable because it's Islam and that we should give them some money towards new canes because the naughty Christians are breaking theirs.