Parliament on Tuesday enacted the Teaching Service Commission Bill. The Minister of Education Dr.Minkailu Bah, who presented the bill in parliament, said the commission would look into the welfare of teachers in the country. Parliamentarians supported the bill but raised certain concerns which they said were important to the success of the commission. Honourable Soufian Kargbo of the All Peoples Congress made reference to the Education Act of 2004 and questioned the relationship between the Commission and the Board of Governors of schools. He advised that there should be clarification in order to prevent conflict of interest. He also advised that the commission’s duties go beyond the welfare of teachers in order to look into the issue of the dress code of pupils.Honourable Tamba Kai Banya of the Sierra Leone’s Peoples Party said the commission was important because it would capacitate the teachers to teach well and enable the ministry to get the correct number of teachers in the country.He raised the issue of motivation for teachers by giving them allowances for services in the remote areas and for the teaching of science subjects which was given to teachers in the past.The Minister of Education responded that the ministry has agreed to pay allowances for remote area and teaching of the sciences but does not have reliable data of the teachers. He said that was what had led them to conduct a census of schools and teachers.