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V TEACHERS AND NON-TEACHING STAFF

1. Teachers should treat the non-teaching staff as colleagues and equal partners in a cooperative
undertaking, within every educational institution, and2.
2. Teachers should help in the function in joint staff-councils covering both teachers and the non-
teaching staff.

VI TEACHERS AND GUARDIANS

Teachers should:

1. Try to see through teachers’ bodies and organisations, that institutions maintain contact with the
guardians, their students, send reports of their performance to the guardians whenever necessary
and meet the guardians in meetings convened for the purpose for mutual exchange of ideas and for
the benefit of the institution.

VII TEACHERS AND SOCIETY

Teachers should:

1 Recognize that education is a public service and strive to keep the public informed of the educational
programmes which are being provided
2. Work to improve education in the community and strengthen the community’s moral and intellectual
life.
3. Be aware opf social problems and take part in such activities as woul be conducive to the progress of
society and hence the country as a whole.
4. Perform the duties of citizenship, participate in community activities and shoulder responsibilities of
public offices.
5. Refrain from taking part in or subscribing to or assisting in any way activities which tend to promote
feeling of hatred or enimity among different communities, religions or linguistic groups but actively
work for national integration.

Duties and responsibilities attached to various roles in teaching staff, administrative staff, technical staff and
senior officials are detailed as HR Manual-Part II.

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