Can schools punish students physically?

School instructors are actually teachers. According to Article 29 of the Education Law, "Teachers should treat students equally, pay attention to their individual differences, teach students in accordance with their aptitude and promote their all-round development. Teachers should respect students' personality, and must not discriminate against students, and must not punish students with corporal punishment, corporal punishment in disguised form or other acts that insult their personal dignity, or infringe upon their legitimate rights and interests. It is illegal for teachers to corporal punishment and corporal punishment of students in disguised form.

Teachers who corporal punishment, corporal punishment in disguised form or insult students' personal dignity shall be given administrative sanctions or dismissed by their schools, other educational institutions or educational administrative departments in accordance with Article 37 of the Teachers Law. (a) deliberately not to complete the task of education and teaching, resulting in losses to education and teaching; (two) corporal punishment of students, the education is invalid; (three) bad conduct, insulting students, bad influence. If a teacher is under any of the circumstances listed in Items (2) and (3) of the preceding paragraph, and the circumstances are serious enough to constitute a crime, he shall be investigated for criminal responsibility according to law and bear legal responsibility.

According to the provisions of Article 37, you can first ask the Education Bureau to handle it according to law. If you think that the handling opinions issued by the Education Bureau do not comply with laws and regulations, you can also bring a lawsuit to the people's court within 15 days from the date of receiving the handling opinions issued by the Education Bureau, requesting the people's court to make a ruling according to law.