IT Professional Code of Ethics

S-ICT 21

Garcia, Maryjane S.
III-BSITE

CODE OF ETHICS FOR PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS

Pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (e), Article 11, of R. A,. No. 7836, otherwise
known as the Philippines Professionalization Act of 1994 and Paragraph (a), section 6, P.D.
No. 223, as amended, the Board for Professional Teachers hereby adopt the Code of Ethics for
Professional Teachers.
PREAMBLE

Teachers are duly licensed professionals who possesses dignity and reputation with
high moral values as well as technical and professional competence in the practice of their
noble profession, they strictly adhere to, observe, and practice this set of ethical and moral
principles, standards, and values.
ARTICLE I
SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS

Section 1. The Philippine Constitution provides that all educational institution shall
offer quality education for all competent teachers committed of it’s full realization The provision
of this Code shall apply, therefore, to all teachers in schools in the Philippines.
Section2. This Code covers all public and private school teachers in all educational
institutions at the preschool, primary, elementary, and secondary levels whether academic,
vocational, special, technical, or non-formal. The term “teacher” shall include industrial arts or
vocational teachers and all other persons performing supervisory and /or administrative
functions in all school at the aforesaid levels, whether on full time or part-time basis.
ARTICLE II
THE TEACHER AND THE STATE

Section1. The schools are the nurserles of the future citizens of the state; each teacher
is a trustee of the cultural and educational heritage of the nation and is under obligation to
transmit to learners such heritage as well as to elevate national morality, promote national
pride, cultivate love of country, instill allegiance to the constitution and for all duly constituted
authorities, and promote obedience to the laws of the state.
Section2. Every teacher or school official shall actively help carryout the declared
policies of the state, and shall take an oath to this effect.
Section3. In the interest of the State and of the Filipino people as much as of his own,
every teacher shall be physically, mentally and morally fit.
Section4. Every teacher shall possess and actualize a full commitment and devotion to
duty.
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 Section5. A teacher shall not engage in the promotion of any political, religious, or
other partisan interest, and shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit, require, collect, or receive
any money or service or other valuable material from any person or entity for such purposes.
Section6. Every teacher shall vote and shall exercise all other constitutional rights and
responsibility.
Section7. A teacher shall not use his position or facial authority or influence to coerce
any other person to follow any political course of action.
Section8. Every teacher shall enjoy academic freedom and shall have privilege of
expounding the product of his researches and investigations; provided that, if the results are
inimical to the declared policies of the State, they shall be brought to the proper authorities for
appropriate remedial action.
ARTICLE III
THE TEACHER AND THE COMMUNITY

Section1. A teacher is a facilitator of learning and of the development of the youth; he

shall, therefore, render the best service by providing an environment conducive to such
learning and growth.
Section2. Every teacher shall provide leadership and initiative to actively participate in
community movements for moral, social, educational, economic and civic betterment.
Section3. Every teacher shall merit reasonable social recognition for which purpose he
shall behave with honor and dignity at all times and refrain for such activities as gambling,
smoking, drunkenness, and other excesses, much less illicit relations.
Section4. Every teacher shall live for and with the community and shall, therefore,
study and understand local customs and traditions in order to have sympathetic attitude,
therefore, refrain from disparaging the community.
Section5. Every teacher shall help the school keep the people in the community
informed about the school’s work and accomplishments as well as its needs and problems.
Section6. Every teacher is intellectual leader in the community, especially in the
barangay, and shall welcome the opportunity to provide such leadership when needed, to
extend counseling services, as appropriate, and to actively be involved in matters affecting the
welfare of the people.
Section7. Every teacher shall maintain harmonious and pleasant personal and official
relations with other professionals, with government officials, and with the people, individually
or collectively.
Section8. A teacher posses freedom to attend church and worships as appropriate, but
shall not use his positions and influence to proselyte others.

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 ARTICLE IV
A TEACHER AND THE PROFESSION

Section1. Every teacher shall actively insure that teaching is the noblest profession,
and shall manifest genuine enthusiasm and pride in teaching as a noble calling.
Section2. Every teacher shall uphold the highest possible standards of quality
education, shall make the best preparations for the career of teaching, and shall be at his best
at all times and in the practice of his profession.
Section3. Every teacher shall participate in the Continuing Professional Education
(CPE) program of the Professional Regulation Commission, and shall pursue such other studies
as will improve his efficiency, enhance the prestige of the profession, and strengthen his
competence, virtues, and productivity in order to be nationally and internationally competitive.
Section4. Every teacher shall help, if duly authorized, to seek support from the school,
but shall not make improper misrepresentations through personal advertisements and other
questionable means.
Section5. Every teacher shall use the teaching profession in a manner that makes it
dignified means for earning a descent living.
ARTICLE V
THE TEACHERS AND THE PROFESSION

Section1. Teacher shall, at all times, be imbued with the spirit of professional loyalty,
mutual confidence, and faith in one another, self sacrifice for the common good, and full
cooperation with colleagues. When the best interest of the learners, the school, or the
profession is at stake in any controversy, teacher shall support one another.
Section2. A teacher is not entitled to claim credit or work not of his own, and shall give
due credit for the work of others which he may use.
Section3. Before leaving his position, a teacher shall organize for whoever assumes the
position such records and other data as are necessary to carry on the work.
Section4. A teacher shall hold inviolate all confidential information concerning
associates and the school, and shall not divulge to anyone documents which has not been
officially released, or remove records from the files without permission.
Section5. It shall be the responsibility of every teacher to seek correctives for what he
may appear to be an unprofessional and unethical conduct of any associates. However, this
may be done only if there is incontrovertible evidence for such conduct.
Section6. A teacher may submit to the proper authorities any justifiable criticism
against an associate, preferably in writing, without violating the right of the individual
concerned.

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 Section7. A teacher may apply for a vacant position for which he is qualified; provided
that he respects the system of selection on the basis of merit and competence; provided,
further, that all qualified candidates are given the opportunity to be considered.
ARTICLE VI
THE TEACHER AND HIGHER AUTHORITIES IN THE PROFESSIONS

Section1. Every teacher shall make it his duties to make an honest effort to
understand and support the legitimate policies of the school and the administration regardless
of personal feeling or private opinion and shall faithfully carry them out.
Section2. A teacher shall not make any false accusations or charges against superiors,
especially under anonymity. However, if there are valid charges, he should present such under
oath to competent authority.
Section3. A teacher shall transact all official business through channels except when
special conditions warrant a different procedure, such as when special conditions are
advocated but are opposed by immediate superiors, in which case, the teacher shall appeal
directly to the appropriate higher authority..
Section4. Every teacher, individually or as part of a group, has a right to seek redress
against injustice to the administration and to extent possible, shall raise grievances within
acceptable democratic possesses. In doing so, they shall avoid jeopardizing the interest and the
welfare of learners whose right to learn must be respected.
Section5. Every teacher has a right to invoke the principle that appointments,
promotions, and transfer of teachers are made only on the basis of merit and needed in the
interest of the service.
Section6. A teacher who accepts a position assumes a contractual obligation to live up
to his contract, assuming full knowledge of employment terms and conditions.
ARTICLE VII
SCHOOL OFFICIALS TEACHERS AND OTHER PERSONNEL

Section 1. All school officials shall at all times show professional courtesy, helpfulness
and sympathy towards teachers and other personnel, such practices being standards of
effective school supervision, dignified administration, responsible leadership and enlighten
directions.
Section2. School officials, teachers, and other school personnel shall consider it their
cooperative responsibility to formulate policies or introduce important changes in the system at
all levels.
Section3. School officials shall encourage and attend the professional growth of all
teachers under them such as recommending them for promotion, giving them due recognition

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for meritorious performance, and allowing them to participate in conferences in training
programs.
Section4. No school officials shall dismiss or recommend for dismissal a teacher or
other subordinates except for cause.
Section5. School authorities concern shall ensure that public school teachers are
employed in accordance with pertinent civil service rules, and private school teachers are
issued contracts specifying the terms and conditions of their work; provided that they are
given, if qualified, subsequent permanent tenure, in accordance with existing laws.
ARTICLE VIII
THE TEACHERS AND LEARNERS

Section1. A teacher has a right and duty to determine the academic marks and the
promotions of learners in the subject or grades he handles, such determination shall be in
accordance with generally accepted procedures of evaluation and measurement. In case of any
complaint, teachers concerned shall immediately take appropriate actions, of serving due
process.
Section2. A teacher shall recognize that the interest and welfare of learners are of first
and foremost concerns, and shall deal justifiably and impartially with each of them.
Section3. Under no circumstance shall a teacher be prejudiced nor discriminated
against by the learner.
Section4. A teacher shall not accept favors or gifts from learners, their parents or
others in their behalf in exchange for requested concessions, especially if undeserved.
Section5. A teacher shall not accept, directly or indirectly, any remuneration from
tutorials other what is authorized for such service.
Section6. A teacher shall base the evaluation of the learner’s work only in merit and
quality of academic performance.
Section7. In a situation where mutual attraction and subsequent love develop between
teacher and learner, the teacher shall exercise utmost professional discretion to avoid scandal,
gossip and preferential treatment of the learner.
Section8. A teacher shall not inflict corporal punishment on offending learners nor
make deductions from their scholastic ratings as a punishment for acts which are clearly not
manifestation of poor scholarship.
Section9. A teacher shall ensure that conditions contribute to the maximum
development of learners are adequate, and shall extend needed assistance in preventing or
solving learner’s problems and difficulties.

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 ARTICLE IX
THE TEACHERS AND PARENTS

Section1. Every teacher shall establish and maintain cordial relations with parents,
and shall conduct himself to merit their confidence and respect.
Section2. Every teacher shall inform parents, through proper authorities, of the
progress and deficiencies of learner under him, exercising utmost candor and tact in pointing
out learners deficiencies and in seeking parent’s cooperation for the proper guidance and
improvement of the learners.
Section3. A teacher shall hear parent’s complaints with sympathy and understanding,
and shall discourage unfair criticism.
ARTICLE X
THE TEACHER AND BUSINESS

Section1. A teacher has the right to engage, directly or indirectly, in legitimate income
generation; provided that it does not relate to or adversely affect his work as a teacher.
Section 2. A teacher shall maintain a good reputation with respect to the financial
matters such as in the settlement of his debts and loans in arranging satisfactorily his private
financial affairs.
Section3. No teacher shall act, directly or indirectly, as agent of, or be financially
interested in, any commercial venture which furnish textbooks and other school commodities
in the purchase and disposal of which he can exercise official influence, except only when his
assignment is inherently, related to such purchase and disposal; provided they shall be in
accordance with the existing regulations; provided, further, that members of duly recognized
teachers cooperatives may participate in the distribution and sale of such commodities.
ARTICLE XI
THE TEACHER AS A PERSON

Section1. A teacher is, above all, a human being endowed with life for which it is the
highest obligation to live with dignity at all times whether in school, in the home, or elsewhere.
Section2. A teacher shall place premium upon self-discipline as the primary principles
of personal behavior in all relationships with others and in all situations.
Section3. A teacher shall maintain at all times a dignified personality which could
serve as a model worthy of emulation by learners, peers and all others.
Section4. A teacher shall always recognize the Almighty God as guide of his own
destiny and of the destinies of men and nations.

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 ARTICLE XII
DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS

Section1. Any violation of any provisions of this code shall be sufficient ground for the
imposition against the erring teacher of the disciplinary action consisting of revocation of his
Certification of Registration and License as a Professional Teacher, suspension from the
practice of teaching profession, reprimand or cancellation of his temporary/special permit
under causes specified in Sec. 23, Article III or R.A. No. 7836, and under Rule 31, Article VIII,
of the Rules and Regulations Implementing R.A. 7836.
ARTICLE XIII
EFFECTIVITY

Section1. This Code shall take effect upon approval by the Professional Regulation
Commission and after sixty (60) days following it’s publication in the official Gazette or any
newspaper of general circulation, whichever is earlier.

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