Regulatory framework and professional ethics
This domain tests the regulatory framework and professional ethics of a teacher in Kazakhstan: the Law on Education, the Law on the Status of a Teacher, child-protection norms, and the ethical standards expected in school.
Core rules
- The Law on Education sets the right to education, state standards, and the principles of accessibility and inclusion.
- The Law on the Status of a Teacher defines professional rights, duties, social guarantees, and protection of teacher dignity.
- Teachers must follow child-protection rules, anti-discrimination norms, and academic integrity.
- Confidentiality: learner diagnoses, family circumstances, and grades are shared only with authorised staff.
- Conflict of interest: avoid private tutoring of your own current learners for pay where prohibited, and avoid favouritism.
- Ethical conduct includes non-violent communication, respectful language, and equal treatment.
Worked example
A learner tells you that a parent hit them. You do not investigate alone or promise secrecy. You listen, record the facts, inform the school administration and the responsible child-protection specialist, and follow the school's safeguarding procedure. You do not discuss the case with colleagues who do not need to know. Reasoning: the teacher's duty is to protect and refer, not to diagnose or mediate a safety risk.
Traps
- Inventing exact article numbers or penalties when unsure.
- Treating ethics as abstract ideals rather than required conduct.
- Sharing a learner's situation in the staff room “for advice”.
- Using authority to humiliate or punish.
- Ignoring the difference between a teacher's personal view and a legal duty.