The Education Act.pdf - Ministry of Education

EDUCATION 9
(3) A special committee shall have such duties as
the Minister shall specify upon the appointment of such
committee and the Minister may refer any matter to a
special committee.
PART III.
The Statutwy Syrtern of Education
7. The statutory system of public education shall be stags of
organized in three stages, that is to say-
(a) primary education, which shall consist of full-time eduoation,
education generally suitable to the requirements of A92980
students who are not over the age of twelve years
and, for the purposes of this Act, shall include
education at a pre-primary school;
(h) secondary education, which shall consist of fulltime
education generally suitable to the requirements
of students who have attained the age of
eleven years and are not over the age of nineteen
years; and
(c) tertiary education, which shall consist of-
(i) full-time education other than primary or
secondary education;
(ii) part-time education; and
(iii) leisure-time occupation in organized cultural
training and recreative activities,
available in pursuance of any provision made
under this Act for further education for students
who have attained the age of fifteen years.
the statutory
systcm of
public
S.-(l) The Minister may from time to time divide the m-tiw
Island into such educational districts as he may think fit
and shall establish for each educational district an Educational
Board.
(2) The provisions of the Second Schedule shall have a d
schedule
effect as to the constitution of each Educational Board and
otherwise in relation thereto.
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