CODE OF ETHICS FOR TEACHERS

Article I Article II

SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS THE TEACHER AND THE STATE

Section 1 Section 2 Section 1 Section 5

The Philippine This code covers all A teacher shall not engage in
The schools are the nurserles of
constitution public and private the future citizens of the state; the promotion of any political,
provides that all school teachers in all each teacher is a trustee of the religious, or other partisan
educational educational cultural and educational interest, and shall not, directly
institution shall institutions at the heritage of the nation and is or indirectly, solicit, require,
offer quality preschool, primary, under obligation to transmit to collect, or receive any money
education for all elementary, and learners such heritage as well as or service or other valuable
competent secondary levels material from any person or
to elevate national morality,
teachers whether academic, promote national pride, entity for such purposes.
committedsection
of its 3 vocational, special, cultivate love of country, instill
full realization. technical, or non- allegiance to the constitution
formal. The term and for all duty constituted
The provision of Section 6
“teacher” shall authorities, and promote
this code shall
include industrial arts obedience to the laws of the
apply, therefore, Every teacher shall vote and
of vocational teachers state.
to all teachers in shall exercise all other
and all other persons
schools in the constitutional rights and
performing
Philippines. responsibility.
supervisory and/or
administrative Section 2
functions in all school
Every teacher or school official Section 7
at the aforesaid levels,
shall actively help carry out the
whether on full time A teacher shall not use his
declared policies of the state, and
or part-time basis. position or facial authority or
shall take an oath to this effect.
influence to coerce any other
person to follow any political
course of action.
Section 3
Section 4
In the interest of the state and Section 8
Every teacher shall
of the Filipino people as much
possess and actualize a full
as of his own, every teacher Every teacher shall enjoy academic
commitment and devotion
shall be physically, mentally, freedom and shall have privilege of
to duty.
and morally fit. expounding the product of his researchers
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.