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Education Act, 1981
Act 9 of 1981
- Commenced on 8 January 1982
- [This is the version of this document at 1 December 1998.]
Part I – Preliminary
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Education Act, 1981 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by Notice in the Gazette, appoint.2. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—“adult education” means any form of education for adults which is recommended by the Council and approved of by the Director;“Advisory Board” means a District Education Advisory Board established under section 10;“Board” means the National Education Board established under section 5;“Committee” means a school Committee established under section 13;“Council” means the Adult Education Council established under section 16;“Director” means the Director of Education:“grantee” means the recipient of a grant from public funds in aid of education;“Minister” means the Minister for Education;“Principal Secretary” means the Principal Secretary of the Ministry of Education;“primary education” means formal education in which instruction is given up to and including Grade 7;“primary school” means a school or a department of a school which provides primary education;“public educational institution” means an educational institution which is wholly or mainly maintained with public funds;“public school” means a school which is wholly or mainly maintained with public funds;“secondary education” means post primary education in which instruction is given up to and including “O” level or “A” level as applicable;“secondary school” means a school or a department of a school which provides secondary education;“school” means an institution for providing primary or secondary education or post-primary or post-secondary training but does not include—(a)an institution or assembly in which the instruction is wholly or mainly of a religious character;(b)an institution owned or maintained by a religious body for the purpose of training persons for the ordained ministry or for admission to a religious order:Provided that any class, division, or section of any such institution in which instruction relates to secular subjects shall be deemed to be a school;(c)an institution or assembly the principal purpose of which is to impart instruction in hobbies, the arts, games or sports;(d)any institution or assembly under the jurisdiction of a Ministry other than the Ministry of education.3. Establishment and registration of schools
Part II – Minister's powers, National Education Board, etc.
4. General functions of the Minister
5. Establishment and membership, etc., of National Education Board
6. Executive Committee of the Board
7. Functions of the Board
8. Qualifications of members of the Board
9. Procedure of the Board and the Executive Committee
Part III – District Education Advisory Boards
10. Establishment of District Education Advisory Boards
11. Functions of Advisory Board
The function of an Advisory Board shall be to advise the National Education Board on all matters relating to education in the District concerned.12. Procedure of Advisory Board
Part IV – School committees
13. Establishment of school committees
The Principal Secretary shall with the approval of the Minister—14. Membership of school committee
15. Functions of school committee
The functions of a committee shall be—Part V – Adult Education Council
16. Establishment of the Adult Education Council
17. Functions of the Council
18. Qualifications for membership
Section 8 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the members of the Council.19. Procedure of the Council
Part VI – Other provisions
20. Power to inspect schools, etc.
The Principal Secretary may appoint any person to inspect schools and adult education centres for the purpose of—21. Power to make Regulations
The Minister may make Regulations for the purposes of this Act.22. Offences and penalties
Any person who operates a school contrary to section 3(2) shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction liable to a fine of E500 or imprisonment for one year.23. Repeal
The following Acts are repealed—History of this document
01 December 1998 this version
Consolidation
08 January 1982
Commenced
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