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</span>A code of conduct covering areas such as how pupils and teachers in Wales talk to each other on websites like Facebook is being opposed by a union.
The NASUWT says the new code is not wanted or needed and represents a waste of public money.
The new code is being launched by the General Teaching Council for Wales (GTCW).
Its chair, Angela Jardine, said: "This revised code underlines the fact that teachers are true professionals."
The new code of professional conduct and practice will apply to nearly 40,000 registered teachers and followed a consulation with members of the profession.
The GTCW said the new code was "for the benefit of parents, pupils, the wider public and the teaching profession itself, the high standards to which teachers in Wales adhere".
But NASUWT Wales organiser Rex Phillips said the consultation did not support the introduction of a new code.
He said: "The NASUWT would not wish to give legitimacy to the code, not least, since it has been implemented in the face of a consultation process that revealed overwhelming opposition to its introduction.
"The GTCW has, once again, showed contempt for the views of the profession."
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The NASUWT says the new code is not wanted or needed and represents a waste of public money.
The new code is being launched by the General Teaching Council for Wales (GTCW).
Its chair, Angela Jardine, said: "This revised code underlines the fact that teachers are true professionals."
The new code of professional conduct and practice will apply to nearly 40,000 registered teachers and followed a consulation with members of the profession.
The GTCW said the new code was "for the benefit of parents, pupils, the wider public and the teaching profession itself, the high standards to which teachers in Wales adhere".
But NASUWT Wales organiser Rex Phillips said the consultation did not support the introduction of a new code.
He said: "The NASUWT would not wish to give legitimacy to the code, not least, since it has been implemented in the face of a consultation process that revealed overwhelming opposition to its introduction.
"The GTCW has, once again, showed contempt for the views of the profession."
This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.