1966 CEART Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers_VII

Teacher Solidarity for the improvement of education

Medical examinations
53 Teachers should be required to undergo periodical medical examinations, which should be provided free.

Women teachers with family responsibilities
54 Marriage should not be considered a bar to the appointment or to the continued employment of women teachers, nor should it affect remuneration or other conditions of work.
55 Employers should be prohibited from terminating contracts of service for reasons of pregnancy and maternity leave.
56 Arrangements such as crèches or nurseries should be considered where desirable to take care of the children of teachers with family responsibilities.
57 Measures should be taken to permit women teachers with family responsibilities to obtain teaching posts in the locality of their homes and to enable married couples, both of whom are teachers, to teach in the same general neighbourhood or in one and the same school.
58 In appropriate circumstances women teachers with family responsibilities who have left the profession before retirement age should be encouraged to return to teaching. Learn More