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