From the chinese press

Teachers and the case of ethics

The Ministry of Education has vowed to take measures to improve teachers' ethics by making it a necessary requirement for their performance evaluation, appointments, promotions and rewards. Though ethics has many manifestations, it should not stop the authorities from making professional ethics a primary requirement for teacher's qualification, says an article on xinhuanet.com. Excerpts:

The crisis of ethics is not confined to the education sector. It is evident in other fields too. Though extracurricular tutorial classes seem to benefit some teachers, it is detrimental to the education system as a whole, for it damages the image of the education system and degrades the sense of honor associated with the teaching profession.