Teachers of Queen Victoria School were reminded of the general orders during their professional development session at the school last week.
They were told that they are teachers 24/7 and not just from 8am to 4pm. Their actions and conduct should be guided by the Public Service Commission’s code of conduct because they are civil servants.
The commission’s Corporate Service Section principal administration officer, Eroni Loganimoce did not mince his words when he told teachers, “you’re a teacher 24 hours a day so your behavior, words and dress code should exhibit your status as a teacher”.
“A breach of the Public Service code of conduct can have serious consequences on your profession because there is zero tolerance for breaches”.
The Minister for Education, Filipe Bole has been emphasizing to ministry staff and teachers to always be conscious of their role, because students will look up to them as role models.
Terms and conditions, the filling of Annual Performance Assessment (APA) forms and the principle of honesty were emphasized to 35 QVS teachers.
Skills of basic counselling were displayed to teachers as they were given some hypothetical cases to deliberate upon and contemplate solutions for them.
Lotus Garment sponsored the catering for the professional development at QVS.
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