Discussion of Draft Plan of Teachers' Ethics Code Began

In order to improve educational process, schools should develop ethical and healthy relations among the participants of educational process as well as offer them high quality education.

Teachers’ professional ethics code regulates norms of behavior of the teachers of general educational institutions. Code evaluates teachers’ professional competency level. It is binding for the schoolchildren, parents/legal representatives, teachers and other employees at school. The goal of ethics code is to assist teachers in directing ethical activities.

Teachers’ professional ethics code is innovation in Georgia. But this code functions in all Western developed countries and is taught at all Western universities to the future teachers.

Different working groups have already met to discuss teachers’ professional ethics code. In order to finalize this code, different meetings are planned with Advisory Board, members of the board and representatives of society. Their opinions and notices will be considered in the final version of teachers’ professional ethics code.