Like professional doctors and lawyers, now teachers in Orissa will adhere to a code of professional ethics. The All Utkal Primary Teachers' Federation (AUPTF), a professional body of teachers with more than 56,000 members across the state, released the code of ethics on Monday to instill professionalism among them.
Releasing the code of ethics, school and mass education secretary Aparajita Sarangi said, "This is a good attempt by the teachers' body and will help in bringing discipline among the teaching fraternity."
The code of conduct book points out duties and responsibilities of teachers and dos and don'ts to maintain a good relationship with students, parents, colleagues and higher authorities.
"Like other professional bodies, AUPTF also recommends stringent action against teachers, who violate the codes. Orissa is the first state in the country where such a code of conduct is issued for teachers, though the proposal is pending with a national-level organization for the last few years. The main aim is to bring discipline and professionalism among teachers," said general secretary of AUPTF, Kamalakanta Tripathy.
According to the code of ethics, the main duty of teachers lies towards the well-being of students. It stresses that teachers must treat all children equally irrespective of their caste, religion, gender and class. It specifically cautioned teachers against "subjecting any child to fear, trauma, anxiety, physical punishment and mental and emotional harassment" and "from any act involving sexual abuse of the child".
The code also maintained that teachers should have a good and cordial relationship with parents of the students and that the teachers should not hide any information about the child from their guardians. The code also instructs teachers to refrain from politics among themselves. Teachers should not engage in any kind of propagation if their personal views, the code mentioned.
"It is important to respect the child's rights. Many times teachers prohibit students to express their feelings. Before imposing discipline among students, it is important teachers must show disciplinary behaviour themselves," said AUPTF president P K Jhankar.
Releasing the code of ethics, school and mass education secretary Aparajita Sarangi said, "This is a good attempt by the teachers' body and will help in bringing discipline among the teaching fraternity."
The code of conduct book points out duties and responsibilities of teachers and dos and don'ts to maintain a good relationship with students, parents, colleagues and higher authorities.
"Like other professional bodies, AUPTF also recommends stringent action against teachers, who violate the codes. Orissa is the first state in the country where such a code of conduct is issued for teachers, though the proposal is pending with a national-level organization for the last few years. The main aim is to bring discipline and professionalism among teachers," said general secretary of AUPTF, Kamalakanta Tripathy.
According to the code of ethics, the main duty of teachers lies towards the well-being of students. It stresses that teachers must treat all children equally irrespective of their caste, religion, gender and class. It specifically cautioned teachers against "subjecting any child to fear, trauma, anxiety, physical punishment and mental and emotional harassment" and "from any act involving sexual abuse of the child".
The code also maintained that teachers should have a good and cordial relationship with parents of the students and that the teachers should not hide any information about the child from their guardians. The code also instructs teachers to refrain from politics among themselves. Teachers should not engage in any kind of propagation if their personal views, the code mentioned.
"It is important to respect the child's rights. Many times teachers prohibit students to express their feelings. Before imposing discipline among students, it is important teachers must show disciplinary behaviour themselves," said AUPTF president P K Jhankar.
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