Section 9, The Sierra Leone Teaching Service Commission Act, 2011

(1) The object for which the Commission is establishedis to consider all matters pertaining to teacher management and the improvement of the professional status and wellbeing of teachers. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), it shall be the function of the Commission to– (a) serve as an advisory body to the Minister on all matters pertaining to teachers; (b) register and license all teachers; (c) maintain and upgrade annually a register of all licensed teachers and publish the register in the Gazette; (d) vet all teachers’ qualifications and determine their equivalence based on a qualifications framework; (e) advise the Minister on the pre-service training of teachers; (f) recruit, promote, post, transfer and dismiss teachers in Government and Government assisted schools; (g) develop and review standards and codes of professional ethics for teachers; (h) define the rights and obligations of teachers in relation to their employers and the management of the institutions where they serve; (i) define the rights and obligations of school management in relation to their employees; (j) discipline teachers in Government and Government assisted schools in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Ethics for Teachers prescribed by it; Disclosure of interest. Committeess Functions of No. 1 Sierra Leone Teaching Service Commission Act, 2011 No. 1 Sierra Leone Teaching Service Commission Act, 20118 (k) serve as an advocate body for the improvement of the conditions of service of teachers in Government and Government assisted schools including a reward scheme for teachers in service; (l) recommend to the Minister programmes for training of non-professional teachers in service; (m) organize regular induction and orientation programmes for newly licensed teachers; (n) organize continuing professional development programmes for serving teachers; (o) advise the Minister on measures for sanctioning schools which are in violation of laid-down standards for professional practice; (p) appraise the performance of headteachers and principals in accordance with subsection (3) of section 35 of the Education Act, 2004; and (q) perform such other functions as are incidental to the achievement of the object for which the Commission is established.