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We therefore adopt the following Code of
Ethics as our guide to enable us to practise our
profession according to the highest ethical
standards:
Responsibility to students
Responsibility to parents
Responsibility to society and the nation
Responsibility to colleges and the profession
Definition of Negligence
Negligence is defined as the breach of a legal
duty to take care which results in damage,
undesired by the defendant, to the plaintiff.
(Windfield and Jolowicz on Tort)
Teacher Negligence :
is related to physical harm or injury to
students
Educational Negligence :
Failure of the teacher to educate his students
In loco parentis
In loco parentis is a legal responsibility of a
person or organization to take care on some of
the functions and responsibility of a parent.