THE TEACHERS SERVICE COMMISSION (CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICS FOR TEACHERS) REGULATIONS, 2015.
THE TEACHERS SERVICE COMMISSION ACT
(No. 20 of2012)
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 48 of the Teachers Service Commission Act, (No. 20 of 2012) and section 37 (1) as read together with section 52(1) of the Leadership and Integrity Act, 2012, the Teachers Service Commission makes the following Regulations:-
THE CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICS FOR TEACHERS, 2015
- I. This Code may be cited as the Code of Ethics for Teachers, Citation.
- In this Code, unless the context otherwise requires- Interpretation.
“Act” means the Leadership and Integrity Act, 2012;
“asset” means a thing, tangible or intangible, owned, whether
wholly or in part, or controlled by a teacher, which has an actual or determinable economic value and can be sold, exchanged or otherwise used or applied to meet an obligation or acquire something else in return;
“bid rigging” refers to a benefit that is given or received for not submitting a tender, proposal, quotation or bid; or withdrawing or changing a tender, proposal, quotation or bid; or submitting a tender, proposal, quotation or bid with a specified price or with any specified inclusions or exclusions;
“conflict of interest” refers to instances when a teacher’s personal
interest clashes with his or her official duties;
“client” means a person to whom services are rendered by a teacher and includes learners, parents and other members of the public;
“employer” means a person, institution or entity that engages the services of a teacher;
“harmful sexual activity” means any act of a sexual nature that may cause physical, emotional or psychological torture which includes but not limited to flirtation, sodomy, sexual intercourse, lesbianism, defilement, indecent touching, rape, sexual assault;
“learner” means a person undergoing instruction in an educational institution; “pornography” means explicit depiction of sexual subject matter electronically or otherwise;
“pornographic materials” includes but not limited to material such as literature, photography, or other printed or visual material depicting sex organs or sexual activity in a way that is designed to arouse sexual excitement, erotic stimulation rather than education;
“teacher” means a person who has been trained as a teacher as provided for in law and registered as a teacher;
“unethical behaviour” refers to any action or omission that contravenes the provisions, spirit and tenor of this Code;
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“values” refers to norms, principles and standards of behaviour expected of a teacher as amplified by Articles 10 and 232 of the Constitution of Kenya and the Commission’s core values;
“Secretary” refers to the Chief Executive Officer of the Teachers Service Commission appointed pursuant to Article 250 (12) of the Constitution of Kenya;
“sex toy” means an object or device that is primarily used in facilitating human sexual pleasure;
“Sexual harassment” refers to an act by a teacher who persistently makes any sexual advances or requests including gestures, cat calls, jokes or comments including innuendos, regarding another person’s sexuality if the person doing it knows or ought to know or has reasonable grounds to know, are unwelcome;
“subversive activity” means any act which by its nature, upsets public order, peace and security and shall include anything done to endanger, undermine or is detrimental to public policy and interest; and
“vacancy” means an existing and available post for recruitment, transfer and promotion at the Commission.
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