PROFESSIONAL ETHICS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHERS

The progress of a country depends upon the quality of its teachers and for this reason teaching is the noblest amongst all professions and is called the people’s profession. The irony of fate, however is that teaching is deemed to be the most unattractive profession and the teacher no longer occupies an honorable position in the society. In order to face the challenges of the dynamic world, destructing of teacher preparation process is highly essential for professionalism and empowerment of the teachers. Resurgence of a country come through the flood gates of value-oriented education. Professional Ethics makes explicit the teacher’s role and defines his rights and duties along with the knowledge of what is involved in his virtuous conduct. The Code of Professional Ethics for teachers provides a framework of principles to guide them in discharging their obligations towards students, parents, colleagues and community. Increased awareness of the ethical principles governing the teaching profession is essential to ensure ‘professionalism’ among teachers. This would require value oriented education for teachers so that the teachers we prepare are ethical, who know professional ethics for their own development as well as for guiding the youngsters and making the future of nation. This paper emphasises the need of inculcation professional ethics in teacher training programs.