Abstract

• Teachers with civil service status should know and apply civil service ethics and discipline for teachers in day-to-day dealings because they are the makers of history who prepare the future disciplined citizens of a country. This research study explored knowledge and application of teachers towards civil service ethics and discipline for teachers in Basic Education High Schools, Sagaing Township. Purposive sampling method was used to select 335 teachers from 10 Basic Education High Schools in Sagaing Township as sample of the study. Quantitative research method was used in this study. The questionnaire for knowledge and application towards civil service ethics and discipline for teachers developed by the researcher was used for data collection. The generated data was analyzed using Item Percent Correct (IPC), Descriptive statistics, One-way ANOVA and Tukey HSD test. The results of the study revealed that the levels of teachers’ knowledge towards civil service ethics and discipline for teachers were found to be at satisfactory and above satisfactory. The teachers always applied civil service ethics and discipline for teachers (Mean= 4.60, SD= 0.43). There was statistically significant difference in knowledge of teachers according to schools. Similarly, significant difference was found in teachers’ application according to schools. Based on the findings, it can be concluded that teachers apply civil service ethics and discipline for teachers according to their knowledge levels. Thus, teachers’ attitude towards civil service ethics and discipline for teachers should be analyzed in further research.