CHAPTER EIGHT

RELATIONSHIP WITHIN THE SOCIETY

55 . Role of teachers in the society:

Teachers in the society should be embodiment of exemplary citizenship, integrity, and industry and participate actively in the development of both their immediate and wider communities

56. Advice to government/stakeholders:

Teachers have the responsibility where possible to advise government and stakeholders on the provision of appropriate educational infrastructures, programmes and funding.

57. Obedience to law :

Teachers should comply with all the laws of the land and moral codes of the society that promote good governance, transparency and accountability in office.

58. Tolerance:

Teachers should accommodate the diverse cultures, religions, other ideologies and practices of the society and promote good inter-human relations.

59. Personal habit:

Teachers should cultivate personal habit that are capable of portraying the profession to be of very high standards and avoid indecent behaviours and social vices such as drunkenness, smoking in the public, indecent dressing, breach of public peace, dishonesty, fraud, e.t.c.

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