Licensing etc., of teachers

(1) A person wishing to teach in a preschool, primary school, secondary school, TVET, or other educational institution shall apply to the Chief Education Officer for an appropriate licence to teach. (2) The Chief Education Officer may, upon being satisfied that the prescribed requirements have been met, grant a Full Licence, a provisional licence or such other licence as may be prescribed, to the applicant which may be subject to prescribed (3) The requirements for each type of licence, the manner and conditions for licensing, employment and appointment of teachers, the regulation of the behaviour of teachers and other school staff, the Code of Ethics governing them, and disciplinary procedures and other measures applicable to them, including disqualifications for breaching any provisions of the Act or Rules made under this Act, or any other pertinent laws, shall be specified in Rules made under this Act, Provided that no person shall be granted a license to teach who has, (a) been convicted of a felony of a nature indicating unsuitability for the teaching profession; (b) not been certified by a registered medical practitioner to be free of; (i) the use of illegal drugs; (ii) a communicable disease, or where he is not free of a communicable disease, he does not constitute a risk of communicating said disease and is Education and Training [CAP. 36.0135 not likely to be a danger to the health of his students; or (iii) any infirmity likely to interfere with the efficient performance of the person’s duties. (4) The requirements for maintaining a license to teach shall be prescribed in Rules made under this Act.