Perhaps boy making jokes in school will get cane (6)
I believe the answer is:
switch
'cane' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'perhaps boy making jokes in school' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'boy' could be 'itch' and 'itch' is found in the answer.
'school' could be 's' and 's' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'w' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'will get' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for switch that I've seen before include "Change; flexible shoot" , "It may be thrown" , "Light whip - light control" , "Change; false hair" , "Change over - whip" .)