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Teachers'
(Code of Ethics)
Regulations
(L.N.
81 of 1988)
1.
The Teacher's responsibilities to the Pupils in his care:
1.1
The teacher shall give foremost consideration to
the pupil's well-being.
1.2
The teacher shall direct his whole professional effort to
assist the pupil to develop his whole personality including
his ability to work.
1.3
The teacher shall foster in his pupils honesty, integrity,
and consideration for others and shall do nothing, by precept
or example, to discredit these qualities.
1.4
The teacher shall act, and shall be seen to act, with
justice.
1.5
The teacher shall exercise authority in accordance with
the law of the land and with evolving concepts of the pupil's
needs and rights.
1.6
The teacher shall recognize that each child is an individual
and that children can differ in what is required for the promotion
of their education.
1.7
The teacher shall recognize an obligation to assist all pupils
under his charge to develop their talents suitably and to
the fullest extent feasible.
1.8
The teacher shall recognize that he should work with parents
to promote the welfare of pupils, particularly by consulting
and involving parents, whenever this is desirable.
1.9
The teacher shall make reasonable effort to protect the pupil
from conditions harmful to learning or to health and safety.
1.10
The teacher shall not intentionally expose the pupil to embarrassment
or disparagement.
1.11
The teacher shall not use professional relationships with
pupils for private advantage.
1.12
The teacher shall not disclose information about pupils obtained
in the course of professional service unless such disclosure
serves a compelling professional purpose or is required by
law.
2.
The Teachers Responsibilities to his Colleagues and the Teaching
Profession
2.1
The teacher shall respect the professional standing and opinions
of his colleagues and shall maintain in his relations with
them the highest standards of professional courtesy.
2.2
The teacher shall be prepared to help in all possible ways
junior collegues and those in training.
2.3
The teacher shall accept the authority of senior professional
colleagues while retaining the right to express professional
opinion.
2.4
The teacher shall recognize his obligation to advance the
causes of education and hence the causes of the teaching profession.
2.5
The teacher shall recognize his obligation to improve his
effectiveness as a teacher in every possible way.
2.6
The teacher shall recognize his responsibility for his
own actions and judgments and he shall be prepared to stand
by their consequences.
2.7
The teacher shall recognize his duty to manifest responsibility,
individual initiative, and integrity in his teaching and other
professional actions within guidelines laid down for the profession.
2.8
The teacher shall no knowingly make a false statement concerning
the qualifications and competence of a candidate applying
for a position.
2.9
The teacher shall not accept gratuity, gift, or favour that
might impair or appear to influence professional decisions
or actions.
2.10
The teacher shall not attempt to influence the Minister, the
Education Division, or an educational board on matters affecting
teachers unless so expressly requested by the Minister, Division,
or educational board in his official capacity.
2.11
It shall not be correct for any senior professional colleague
or any teacher to censure other teachers or to criticize their
work in the hearing of pupils and/or the general public.
2.12
It shall not be correct for any teacher by public statement
to bring the profession, his school, or the department in
which he works into disrepute.
2.13
The teacher shall appreciate that, while as a professional
person he must accept responsibility for his actions, his
duty shall be to carry out reasonable instructions from senior
professional colleagues. The teacher shall have the right
to protest against instructions.
2.14 Senior professional colleagues shall give a teacher
all support and help that is in their power to make the teacher's
work effective, consult and inform him on matters affecting
his work and treat him with justice and dignity, not least
when it becomes necessary in the interest of pupils and other
colleagues to attain greater efficiency and more ethical professional
behaviour.
3. The Teachers Responsibilities to the Parents of his
Pupils and to the Community.
3.1
The teacher shall recognize the right of a parent to consult
him, through proper channels, on the welfare or progress of
a pupil. The teacher shall recognize the right of a parent
to be consulted about any matter which concerns the future
development of his child.
3.2
The teacher shall do nothing to undermine lawful parental
authority, but shall be prepared to give advice which, in
his professional view, is in the best interest of the pupil.
3.3
The teacher shall make every effort to encourage parents to
interest themselves actively in the education and welfare
of their children.
3.4
The teacher shall act within the community in a manner
which enhances the prestige of the profession.
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