The Education Act.pdf - Ministry of Education

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therefor shall provide for a single act of worship attended by all
such students unless, in the opinion of the Board of
Management, the premises of the institution are such as to make
it impracticable to assemble the students for such purpose.
(5) A copy of this section.printed in large type shall be
kept posted up in a conspicuous place in every public
educational institution.
19. The Minister shall cause every public educational Registration
of students
institution to keep, in such form and manner as shall be l,,l,,o
prescribed, a register to be known as the Register of Stu- s. 12.
dents, and such register shall contain the prescribed particulars
with respect to all persons who are students at such
institution.
20. The Minister may by order declare- Declaration
of compulsory
any area within a radius of three miles fiom any education
school specified in such order to be a compulsory compulsory
education area; and
school age.
the compulsory school age in relation to such compulsory
education area.
2141) It shall be the duty of the parent of every child of DU~Y of
compulsory school age residing in a compulsory education area ~ e ~ ~ ~ ' o
to cause him to receive full-time education suitable to his age education of
and ability, and satisfactory to the Educational Board for the
area, either by regular attendance at school or otherwise.
(2) 1f any child of compulsory school age in a com- 1911980
S. 13(a).
pulsory education area who is a registered student at a
School fails to attend regularly thereat, the parent of the
child shall be guilty of an offence against this section.
(3) In any proceedings for an offence against this
section the child shall not be deemed to have failed to
attend regularly at school by reason of his absence therefiom-
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