The Education Act.pdf - Ministry of Education

EDUCATION
33
(2) In deciding whether a person has established that
he is of good character, regard shall be had to any criminal
offence of which he may have been convicted, and to all
the circumstances thereof and to the life and conduct of such
person subsequent to the conviction.
(3) The Commission may refuse to register any person
as a teacher-
(a) if he suffers from any physical or mental defect or
deformity likely to interfere with the practice of
teaching;
(b) if he has been convicted of any criminal offence of
such a nature as to render him, in the opinion of
the Commission, not a proper person to be a ,teacher
in any school; or
(c) if he has in any application for registration as a
teacher made any statement or furnished any information
which he knew to be false in any mateh1
particular.
36.41) Subject to subsection (3), the Minister may, after Authorid
consultation with the chairman of the Commission, direct ‘$gi
the Commission to record in the Register of Teachers under S. 17.
a special column to be headed “authorized teachers”, the
name of any person who would otherwise be refused registration
as a teacher on the ground that he does not possess
the prescribed qualifications, and the Commission shall give
effect to such direction.
(2) Registration as an authorized teacher shall in no
circumstances exceed six years.
(3) The Minister may not direct the registration as
an authorized teacher of any person whose name is struck
off the Register of Teachers.
37.-(1) There shall be an Appeals Tribunal established A,,@*
for the purposes of hearing appeals from the Commission yply$
6.17.
me inclusion of this page is authorirod by L.N. 17/1982]