{"id":54,"date":"2022-10-04T09:05:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T09:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tcz.ac.zm\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2026-10-16T11:17:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T11:17:32","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tcz.ac.zm\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"54\" class=\"elementor elementor-54\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fd714f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7fd714f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-372c2f6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"372c2f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-731d15c elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"731d15c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">WHO ARE WE?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Teaching Council of Zambia (TCZ) is a statutory body under the Ministry of General Education. It was established in 2013 pursuant to\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the Teaching Profession Act No. 5 of 2013 to provide for the regulation of teachers, their practice and professional conduct.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-313fe6b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"313fe6b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13682d8 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13682d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">OUR MANDATE<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To regulate the teaching profession, the teachers, their practice and professional conduct and professionalize the teaching profession.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a922ad0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a922ad0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-223b901 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"223b901\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"has-text-color has-medium-font-size\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">OUR MISSION<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To promote teacher professionalism for quality education.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7f2c85 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d7f2c85\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4367aa1 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4367aa1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">OUR VISION<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A dynamic regulator for internationally recognizable teacher standards and professionalism.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div 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professional conduct of teacher<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Develop, maintain and improve appropriate standards of qualification in the teaching profession and promote continuing professional development amongst teachers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Develop, promote and enforce internationally comparable teaching profession practice standards so as to improve the quality of ethics amongst teachers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6919b85 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6919b85\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a211902 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a211902\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Create awareness of the importance of protecting the public against unsound teaching practices and ensure that the rules and guidelines for professional ethics are responsive to the expectations of the public and those who rely on the teaching profession<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Investigate allegation of professional misconduct and impose such sanctions as may be necessary<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Advise the government on matters relating to the teaching profession<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d533290 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d533290\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd453f8 elementor-invisible elementor-widget 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