(1)The staff employed in every private school shall be governed by the Code of Conduct enumerated below:
(2) Every teaching and non teaching staff employed in an aided private school,-
(i) shall discharge his duties efficiently and diligently ;
(ii) shall conduct himself as a role model to the pupils and the public;
(iii) shall, apart from teaching, engage himself in the matters of admission, conduct of examinations and valuation of answer scripts as directed by the authority concerned;
(iv) shall always be vigilant on the safety and security of the pupils;
(v) shall submit the property return statement once in every five years. Any change in the statement consequent on acquisition or disposal of any property within the said period of five years shall also be intimated immediately to the concerned authority;
(vi) shall not impose corporal punishment on the pupils;
(vii) shall not decline to attend any in-service training organized by the Government including holidays or vacation;
(viii) shall not desist from attending duties in connection with the census or election or survey conducted by the educational authorities, such as National Achievement Survey or the State Level Achievement Survey;
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(ix) shall not absent himself from duties without the prior permission of the authority concerned. In case of sickness or absence on medical grounds, a medical certificate to the satisfaction of the school authorities shall be produced within a week;
(x) shall not engage directly or indirectly in any trade or business or undertake any employment;
(xi) shall not give or take or abet the giving or taking of dowry or demand directly or indirectly, from the parent or guardian of a bride or bridegroom, as the case may be, any dowry; Explanation.- For the purposes of this clause , dowry has the same meaning as in the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (Central Act 28 of 1961);
(xii) shall not speculate any stock, share or other investment;
(xiii) shall not lend money to any person for interest;
(xiv) shall not have any pecuniary relations with any pupil or ex-pupil or parent or guardian of any pupil or ex-pupil or with the staff or the establishments of the school;
(xv) shall not without the permission of the school committee, engage himself habitually in literary or artistic work of any kind or in the publication of books:
Provided that a teacher may publish occasionally books on literature, short story, novel, drama, essay and poetry under intimation to the school committee, subject to the condition that he does not use his time and official position to influence the promotion of the sale of such books and that such books do not contain matters of political aspects, or any other objectionable matter or views against the policy of the Government;
(xvi) shall not be a member of or otherwise be associated with any organization,-
(a) which promotes or attempts to promote on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, caste or community or any other ground whatsoever, disharmony or feelings of enmity, hatred or ill will between different religious, racial, linguistic or regional groups or castes or communities; or
(b) whose activities are prejudicial to the maintenance of harmony between different religious, racial, linguistic or regional groups or castes or communities, and which disturb or is likely to disturb the public tranquillity;
(xvii) shall not enter into or contract a marriage with a person having a spouse living and no teacher or a non-teaching staff having a spouse living shall enter into or contract a marriage with any person:
Provided that the school committee may permit a teacher or a non-teaching staff to enter into or contract any such marriage if it is satisfied that,-
(a) such marriage is permissible under the personal law applicable to such teacher or a non-teaching staff; or
(b) there are other grounds for so doing;
(xviii) shall not do any act involving moral turpitude on his part including any unlawful act, which may cause embarrassment or which may bring discredit to the Government;
(xix) shall not engage himself in any strike or incitement thereto or in similar activities.
Explanation.- For the purpose of this clause, ‘similar activities’ shall be deemed to include absence from work or neglect of duties without permission and with the object of compelling something to be done by the Head Master or any other superior officer or the Government or any demonstrative fast usually called ‘hunger strike’ for similar purposes;
(xx) shall not conduct any procession or hold or address any meeting in any part of any open ground adjoining any Government office or inside any office premises,-
(a) during school hours on any working day; and
(b) outside school hours or on holidays except with the prior permission of the Secretary of the school committee;
(xxi) prior permission of the Secretary of the school committee shall be obtained in a case where any teacher or a non teaching staff seeks to accept honorary work without detriment to his official duties;
(xxii) shall at all times maintain a high example of personal and professional integrity, devotion to duty and shall do nothing which is unbecoming of an employee of an educational institution;
(xxiii) shall be punctual in his work and in any other work connected with the duties assigned to him ;
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(xxiv) shall abide by the rules and regulations of the school;
(xxv) the Head Master shall not leave the school without ensuring that all the pupils in the school have left the school premises;
(xxvi) shall not indulge in or encourage any form of malpractice connected with the examinations or any other school activity;
(xxvii) shall not engage himself in anti-secular activities which tend to indulge in communal activities or propagate religion or casteism;
(xxviii) shall not indulge in theft or fraud or embezzlement of funds or misappropriation of the school property;
(xxix) shall not ill-treat the pupils or other employee or indulge in rowdyism or disorderly behaviour or violence;
(xxx) shall not be a member of an unrecognized Association or support directly or by implication, an Association, the object or the activities of which is prejudicial to the interest and integrity of our country;
(xxxi) shall not encourage any propaganda or practice wounding the religious feelings of any class of pupilsor insulting the religion or the religious belief of that class;
(xxxii) shall not indulge in any act that undermines the national integrity or causes insult to National Anthem or National Flag;
(xxxiii) shall not bring or attempt to bring political or other influences for the furtherance of his own interest;
(xxxiv) shall not be found drunk or under the influence of narcotic drugs while attending duty or appearing in a public place;
(xxxv) shall not subject or attempt to subject any pupil or women employee to sexual harassment.
Explanation.- “Sexual harassment” includes such unwelcome sexually determined (whether directly or by implication) behaviour like,-
(a) physical contact and advances; or
(b) a demand or request for sexual favours; or
(c) sexually coloured remarks; or
(d) showing pornography; or
(e) any other unwelcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of sexual nature;
(xxxvi) shall not engage in work, like private tuitions;
(xxxvii) shall not seek employment under any other agency except with the prior permission of the school committee;
(xxxviii) shall inform the school committee if he is involved in any criminal proceeding and the stage of the pendency of such proceeding;
(xxxix) shall not contest or participate in or canvas for any election or otherwise interfere or use influence in connection with any election to any legislature or parliament or local authority;
(xl) shall not engage himself or participate in any demonstration or strike or activity which is prejudicial to the interest of the country, the security of the State, the friendly relationship with foreign States, public orders, decency or morality or which involves contempt of court, defamation or incitement to an offence;
(xli) shall not indulge in any criticism of the policy of the State Government or the Central Government either directly or indirectly or participate in any activity which brings disrepute to the Government.