The Role of Ethics and Integrity in the Training of Future Professional Teachers forNational Development

Abstract: This paper studies the Role of Ethics and Integrity in the Training of Future Professional Teachers for National Development. Education plays a very crucial and important role in the contemporary world because it is an ingredient that reshapes and changes the way people reason in a society. In education, the role of ethics cannot be overemphasized as both the instructors and learners must feel safe for any meaningful learning to take place in order to achieve the desired objectives. To achieve this, both the teachers and learners must be guided by ethical codes for a variety of reasons. These codes emerge within the scope of rights and justice of both the teachers and learners. In this qualitative designed research, 120 participants were interviewed in five different secondary schools within Sabo Kaduna. The results obtained revealed that the participants understood the responsibilities of teachers, the respect and importance of the teaching profession, effective teaching, developing healthy relationships with school members, and benefiting students and society from teacher’s professional ethics. Finally, it is recommended that the government and institution administration should ensure that teachers are educated on ethics and integrity and must ensure that ethical code of conducts are clearly spelt out for all in an understandable language, their welfare should be taken care of; as it will reduce tendency of corruption and bribery within the profession. This will help in improving professional teaching ethics, which can always evaluate an individual professional teaching and learning, and even the manner in which they relate and associate during and after class activities were put forward. It is believed that this research will contribute significantly in addressing the issues of ethics by taking the views of teachers both preparing for the profession and within the profession, reveals the specific context that can go a long way in improving teaching and learning proficiency for National Development.

Keywords: Role, Ethics, Integrity, Professional, Education, National, Development.