Much paper has been wasted over the debate – whether teaching is a'profession' or not. We may hesitate to call teaching a profession if we judge it with theparameters of the professions like Law or Medicine. Rather teaching is a service tohumanity with a mission of moulding the minds of the millions. Teachers are devoted tothe noble service of 'making-of-man'. When taken as a profession, teaching reflects ahigh degree of academic excellence and practical wisdom in one hand and a wellintegrated value-system on the other – both oriented towards altruistic service. Likeother professions, therefore, teaching should have a set of ethical codes to follow. As perthe recommendations of NPE 1986 and POA1992, the NCERThad developed the code ofethics for teachers in 1997. To make the RTE Act 2009 a success, as well as to keep up theprestige of their noble profession, teachers should abide by this code. This paperattempts to highlight some areas where the norms as laid down in the code are beingflouted and some measures to mend those lapses.