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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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