TEACHING PROFESSION AND TEACHER ETHICS IN PRESENT EDUCATION STATE OF AFFAIRS

In the fast changing world of 21st century education is also changing. As a part of the change, role of schools and education will also be different both in educational system and in the society. The role of the Teaching Councils is to regulate the teaching profession and the professional conduct of teachers, to establish and promote professional standards, to support the continuing professional development of teachers and to promote teaching as a profession. Also the teachers reveal their professional aims and needs for the future. The paper maintains that the current era, marked by a new global economy transforming economic and social development, has created the need for a reorganisation of teachers’ representation. It sensitise the policy framer to come up with the Professional Code of Ethics which aims to create a sense of professional identity and unity among teachers and it further addresses in the ethical frameworks of what it means to be a teacher in the 21st century