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The study aimed to identify commitment degree of basic education schools (5-9) teachers to teaching ethics in Batinah north governorate in the Sultanate of Oman. To achieve this, the researcher used the descriptive method, and collected the data from the sample using a questionnaire consisting of 60 items with 6 categories of teaching ethics: Teacher ethics with his profession, Teacher ethics with his administrators, Teacher ethics with his students, Teacher ethics with his colleagues, Teacher ethics with the community and parents, and Teacher ethics with his specialization. The population of the study consisted of all headmasters and senior teachers in Batinah north in basic education schools (5-9) which amounted of 502 individuals. The sample of the study included (256) individuals which represented 50% of the population. The study sample was chosen using simple random method. The study revealed a number of results. Firstly, the study sample who are showed that basic education schools (5-9) teachers were committed to the ethics of the teaching profession with a high overall mean value (4.23) in all of the questionnaires categories. Secondly, regarding the effect of the study variables, which are gender, job title, qualification and work experience, to the degree of commitment of basic education school (5-9) teachers are as followed: 1) There are statistically significant differences at level (∝≤0.05) in the study sample responses in terms of gender in three categories: teacher ethics with his profession, teacher ethics with his colleagues and teacher ethics with his specialization in favor of female participants. 2) There are no statistically significant differences at level (∝≤0.05) in the study sample responses according to the job title as headmistress or senior teacher in each category as well as in the overall mean score of all categories. 3) There are statistically significant differences at level (∝≤0.05) in the estimation of the sample members of the study to the degree of commitment of the teachers of the basic education schools for grades 5-9 with the ethics of the teaching profession in the province of North Batinah in the Sultanate of Oman aims to the variable of scientific qualification in the teacher's ethics axis with his student, As well as in the overall average of the axes in favor of the bachelor's campaign. 4) There are no statistically significant differences at level (∝≤0.05) in the study sample responses according to the work experience in all of the questionnaires categories. In the light of the results of this study and the subsequent discussions and interpretations, a number of recommendations are highlighted that could raise the commitment of basic education schools (5-9) teachers to teaching ethics in Batinah north governorate in the Sultanate of Oman. They are as followed: 1) To work hard to complete the national framework for education in the Sultanate which includes the charter of the teaching ethics and professional licenses for teachers. 2) to introduce courses on the teaching ethics in the curricula of education colleges. 3) to provide financial promotion and improve the social status of the teachers, which could contribute to improve their profession ethics. (Published abstract)