the education act 1957

THE EDUCATION ACT 1957Act 39/1957ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONSPART I - PRELIMINARY 1 Short title2 Interpretation PART II - MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND EDUCATION AUTHORITIES3 Powers and duties of Minister4 Delegation of powers by Minister5 National Eduation !ounil5" #he National !urriulu$ "d%isory &oard5& 'egional Eduation &oards5! !onsultati%e !o$$ittee( Eduation "uthorities

PART III CONTROL AND INSPECTION OF SCHOOLS) E*e$ption of ertain shools)" Pri%ate Seondary Shools "uthority+s, 'egisters to be $aintained- 'egistration of shools1. /rounds for refusal to register a shool11 !anellation of registration of a shool11" Pri%ate seondary shools12 'egistration of $anagers and prinipals13 'efusal to register $anager or prinipal14 /rounds for anellation15 #eahing by unauthorised persons1( 'egistration of a teaher1) /rounds for refusal to register a teaher1, !anellation of registration of teaher1- E$ploy$ent of unertifiated teahers2. 'efusal to authorise unertifiated teaher21 !anellation of authority to teah22 Ser%ie of notie by Minister23 "ppeal against Minister+s deision24 Suspension of deision during appeal24""ppeal fro$ anellation under setion 14 0Added ! "Act N#$ 1% #& '((1)25 "ppeals #ribunal2( Proedure of #ribunal2) Deision of #ribunal to be o$$uniated2, Powers of inspetionC:\My Documents\Law(1)Main Legislations as at Feb2000\Education Actdoc2- Power to diret re$edial $easures3. No legal liability in /o%ern$ent 31 1ffenes and penalties

PART I* - SCHOLARSHIPS32 "ward of sholarships by Minister33 State of Mauritius Sholarships34 /rants in aid35 State supported shools open to allPART * - MISCELLANEOUS3( Power to lose shools te$porarily 3) !o$pulsory pri$ary eduation3)" !ontrol of pri%ate tuition3)& "ppliation for reognition and e2ui%alene ertifiate3, 'egulations3- Power of Minister to $a3e rules shedule 4 5or$sPART I - PRELIMINARY1$ S+#,t t-t.e#his "t $ay be ited as the Eduation "t6'$ I/te,0,et1t-#/In this "t 07additional tuition8 $eans tuition pro%ided to a pupil who is attending a shool9 in a sub:et whih is being taught at the shool;Added ! "Act N#$ 33 #& '(11)7aidedpri$aryshoolI !ollege8 $eans a shool pro%iding eduation at post0Shool !ertifiate le%el or e2ui%alent leading to a publi e*a$ination of =igher Shool !ertifiate le%el or e2ui%alent;;C:\My Documents\Law(1)Main Legislations as at Feb2000\Education Actdoc?b@ in the ase of a pupil who is in Standard > or >I or attending a seondary shool9 unless the person pro%iding the tuition is a teaher who is registered for that purpose in suh $anner and sub:et to suh onditions as $ay be presribed6A2e/ded ! "Act N#$ 33 #& '(11)?2@ Subsetion ?1@ shall not apply to 0?a@ the teahing of an oriental language;?b@ the pro%ision of religious eduation by a shool registered under this "t6?3@ "ny person who ontra%enes this setion shall o$$it an offene and shall9 on on%ition9 be liable to a fine not e*eeding 1. ... rupees and to a ter$ of i$prison$ent not e*eeding two years6A2e/ded ! "Act N#$ 1( #& 1991)5 "Act N#$ 33 #& '(11)37;$ A00.-c1t-#/ , ,ec#9/-t-#/ 1/d eC8-:1.e/ce ce,t-&-c1te "nappliation for reognitionande2ui%alene of a2ualifiation obtainedat thepri$aryorseondaryle%el shall be$adeinsuh for$ and $anner as $ay be presribed6 Added ! "Act N#$ 13 #& '((5)33$ Re98.1t-#/7?1@ #he Minister $ay$a3eregulationsgenerally forthepurposes ofthis"t and9 in partiular9 but without pre:udie to the generality of his powers9 for 0?a@ the ad$inistration and $anage$ent of all eduational institutions;?b@ thestruture9 hygieniharater andproper sanitationof shools and shool pre$ises;?@ the inspetion of shools and shool pre$ises and the appro%al of the establish$ent of pri%ate institutions or branhes9 entres or a$puses of o%erseas institutions offering post0seondary eduation in Mauritius; A2e/ded ! "Act N#$ 13 #& '((5)?d@ the ade2uay9suitability and use of shoole2uip$ent9 laboratories and wor3shops;C:\My Documents\Law(1)Main Legislations as at Feb2000\Education Actdoc?e@ the appoint$ent9 duties9 dis$issal and disiplinary ontrol of shool $anagers;?f@ the reognition of9 assistane to9 and powers of9 Eduation "uthorities;?g@ the2ualifiations9 appoint$ent9 seond$ent9 pro$otion9 dis$issal and disiplinary ontrol of 2ualified teahers9 unertifiated teahers and other persons e$ployed in shools;?h@ the $edial e*a$ination of teahers and of other persons e$ployed in shools and pupils;?i@ theontrol of instrutiongi%eninshools9 inluding$ethodsand hours of instrution and siEe of lasses;?:@ shool ad$issions and withdrawals;?3@ disipline in shools and $ethods of enfore$ent;?l@ the award of sholarships;?$@ the fees and harges payable in regard to $atters pro%ided by this "t;?n@ the onditions for grant in aid to non0/o%ern$ent institutions;?o@ shool $eals9 supply of $il3 and dental and $edial are for shool hildren6?2@ 'egulations $ade under subsetion ?1@ $ay pro%ide that any person who ontra%enes the$ shall o$$it an offene and shall9 on on%ition9 be liable to a fine not e*eeding 19... rupees6A2e/ded ! "Act N#$ 13 #& '((5)39$ P#6e, #& M-/-7te, t# 21De ,8.e7Sub:et toanyregulations$adeundersetion3,9 theMinister $ay$a3erules relating to 0?a@ any $atter whih he $ay pro%ide or appro%e under this "t or the regulations $ade under it;?b@ the registration of shools+ $anagers9 retors prinipals and teahers;?@ thead$inistrationand$anage$ent of anddisiplineinall /o%ern$ent shools9 and the Mauritius Institute of Eduation9?d@ the holding of e*a$inations;C:\My Documents\Law(1)Main Legislations as at Feb2000\Education Actdoc?e@ theboo3sandregisterstobe3ept andthereturnstobe$adebyallshools;?f@ the ti$e0table and urriula of shools in reeipt of publi funds;?g@ the tuition fees in shools;?h@ the transfer of pupils fro$ one shool to another;?i@ the e*tent of additional tuition by teahers wholly paid fro$ publi funds;?:@ the training of teahers;?3@ the duration of holidays in shools;?l@ the issue of ertifiates6A2e/ded ! "Act N#$ 49 #& '((')5 "Act N#$ 33 #& '(11)--------------------------------FIRST SCHEDULEEDUCATION REGULATIONS 1957PART IINTRODUCTORY1$ S+#,t t-t.e #hese regulations $ay be ited as the Ed8c1t-#/ Re98.1t-#/7= 19576 '$ De&-/-t-#/ In these regulations9 unless the onte*t otherwise re2uires0