A little boy has taken many down memory lane to when a student commits an offence in school and finds a way to pad his clothing in preparation for being flogged by the teacher.

A video which has gone viral shows a primary school pupil removing eight different shirts he wore to protect himself against lashes in school.

A Twitter user shared the video clip which has evoked mixed reactions on social media.

It looked like the young boy had probably gone to school late or failed to perform an assignment.

He appeared puffy and was asked to remove all the shirts he had on, and by the time he was done, one would be left to think that he had emptied his entire wardrobe onto the classroom floor.