Activity: Let’s Read These

Read Article II of the Code of Ethics. Then answer the questions in the
ANALYSIS phase of this Lesson.

Article II: The Teacher and the State

Section 1. The schools are the nurseries of the future citizens of the state;
each teacher is a trustee of the cultural and educational heritage of the
nation and is under obligation to transmit to learners such heritage as well as
to elevate national morality, promote national pride, cultivate love of
country, instill allegiance to the constitution and for all duly constituted
authorities, and promote obedience to the laws of the state.

Section 2. Every teacher or school official shall actively help carry out the
declared policies of the state, and shall take an oath to this effect.

Section 3. In the interest of the State and of the Filipino people as much as
of his own, every teacher shall be physically, mentally and morally fit.

Section 4. Every teacher shall possess and actualize a full commitment and
devotion to duty.

Section 5. A teacher shall not engage in the promotion of any political,

religious, or other partisan interest, and shall not, directly or indirectly,
solicit, require, collect, or receive any money or service or other valuable
material from any person or entity for such purposes.

Section 6. Every teacher shall vote and shall exercise all other
constitutional rights and responsibility.

Section 7. A teacher shall not use his position or official authority or

influence to coerce any other person to follow any political course of action.

Section 8. Every teacher shall enjoy academic freedom and shall have
privilege of expounding the product of his researches and investigations;
provided that, if the results are inimical to the declared policies of the State,
they shall be brought to the proper authorities for appropriate remedial
action.
Analysis: Let’s Analyze
As a group, answer the following questions:

Article II

1. The schools are the “nurseries of the citizens of the state.”What are
nurseries for? Why school called the “nurseries of the citizens of the
state?”

Schools are the nurseries of the society

where the future citizens are prepared for
owning the responsibility to take the nation
to its greater heights. School education is
therefore considered the foundation on
which the integrated personality of a child is
developed from the grass root level. Every
teacher or school official shall actively help
carry out the declared policies of the state,
2. “Each teacher is a trustee of the cultural and education
and shall take an oath to this effect.
heritage of the nation and is under obligation to transmit
to learn such heritage.” In what ways can teachers do
this?

Each teacher is said to be trustee of the cultural and

educational heritage of the nation and is obliged to
transmit to learners such heritage. Which practice helps
him fulfill such obligations;
A. Observed continuing professional education to be the
best Filipino teacher

B. Teach the latest instructional technology to Filipino

children
C. Study the life of Filipino heroes and pass on their
deeds worth emulating to students.

3. In what ways can the professional teacher help elevate national morality,
promote national pride and cultivate love of country?

It is expected that it is the obligation of the teachers to

transmit to the learners such heritage to promote
patriotism and love of the country. Through the schools
as turfs of future citizens, national morality must
elevate, promote national pride and cultivate love of
country By doing so, teachers can produce nationalistic
citizenry having great pride of being born as Filipino. In
addition, teachers have to translate into action the
Department of Education’s Vision to develop Filipinos
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ensure country and making
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mentally and morally fit? in the end.

it is therefore a must that teachers are physically,

mentally and morally fit for them to carry out and serve
best their clienteles. They have to be mentally healthy
and emotionally well. Authorities should not be hiring
potential liabilities in their group. Having a mentally ill
teacher is not appropriate in the profession as such will
just give a psychological turmoil to learners for it will
develop fear, misbehavior, and unpleasant relations
with learners and parents
5. Cite action of a professional teacher that violates Section 5, Article II.

In the case of politics and affiliations, any

teacher shall not engage in the promotion of
any political, religious, or other partisan
interest. Each shall vote and shall exercise all
other constitutional rights and responsibilities.
Anyone is prohibited from influencing others to
do something using force or threats to join any
groups’ activities. Nobody should use his
position to coerce any person to any political
6. How can a professional teacher violate Sec. 6 and Sec 7 or article II?
events. To practice politics and religion are
constitutional rights

Every teacher shall vote and shall exercise

all other constitutional rights and
responsibility. A teacher shall not use his
position or official authority or influence to
coerce any other person to follow any
political course of action.  However, teachers
are prohibited from engaging such promotion of
any political party to avoid biases. It is because
during elections, teachers served as board of
canvassers or election inspectors 
7. Every teacher shall enjoy academic freedom. What does
academic freedom mean? Is this academic freedom
absolute?
 The freedom of teachers and students
to teach, study, and pursue knowledge and
research without unreasonable interference
or restriction from law, institutional
regulations, or public pressure and  It is not
absolute and it is not the simple equivalent
of “freedom of speech.” ... But academic
freedom is still limited by values and
practices that are entirely defensible

Abstraction: Let’s Add to What You Know

 The Cambridge English Dictionary defines a “nursery” is a “place
where babies and young children are cared for while their parents are
somewhere else.” In horticulture, a nursery is a place where young plants
and trees are cultivated and grown.

Both definition may apply to the statement in the Code of Ethics;

“schools are the nurseries of the citizens of the state.” Indeed parents leave
their children in schools under the care of teachers while they work. Like
nurseries where young plants are cultivated and grown, schools through
teachers are entrusted with the noble task of instilling pride in learners one’s
cultural and educational heritage, love of country and in sowing the seeds of
national morality.

These are many things in our Filipino culture that we can be proud of
and are therefore worth preserving and passing on to maintain Filipino
identity, promote national pride and cultivate love of country.

Every teacher is expected to be fit or else cannot perform his/her

function. Pursuant to Sec. 22 (Medical Examination and Treatment) of RA
4670 otherwise known as the Magna Carta to Public School Teachers,
teachers shall undergo annual physical examination free of charge not less
than once a year during the teacher’s professional life.

As a professional, the teacher is expected not to take advantage of

his/her position or power to promote his/her own interest whether political
nor religious, nor to solicit, require or collect any money, service or material
from any person.

He/she violates Section 7 of Article II if he/she engages in partisan

politics. Teachers have to preserve the dignity of the education sector by not
engaging directly or indirectly in electioneering except to vote. Engaging in
partisan politics is teacher’s abuse of authority.

The professional teacher shall enjoy academic freedom so he/she can

share the product of his/her researches and investigations in support of
endless search for truth. However, this academic freedom is not absolute. It
has limits. If the research findings is damaging to the state, the research
results shall be submit to proper authorities for appropriate action.

Check for Understanding

 1. Which statement on academic freedom is CORRECT?

A. In search for truth, a professional teacher has the privilege to

share the product of his research whether or not in support of
the declared state policies.
B. A teacher’s academic freedom is absolute.
C. A teacher’s academic freedom is limited.
D. Academic freedom belongs only to teachers in tertiary level.

2. How, in the performance of her/his duty, can a professional teacher

support the state?
A. Campaign for the political administration candidate.
B. Instill nationalism in learners.
C. Doctor research findings to favor the state.
D. Use his position to influence learners to support his interest.

Activity: Let’s Do This

1. How do you want your teacher to be? What are your
WISHES for your Teacher? Write them down then share
with your classmates.

MY WISHES FOR MY TEACHER

All of us already know how important our

teachers in students’ lives. My wish is that
hopefully they will help, motivate, inspire and
even guide us in our studies.
Article II:

The
Teacher
and
The State
Submitted by: Jane Mae R. Quimada
Student
Submitted to: Magdalena M. Flores, LPT
Teacher

Submitted on: February 17, 2019