ACT No. IX of 1987 AN ACT further to OIIlend the Education Ael. /974 BE re ENACTED by the Pres ident, by and with the advice and cOIlSem of the House of Representatives. in this preseIlt Parliament assembled. and by the authority of the same. as follows:-

J assent.

(L.S,)

A GA TlIA B ARMR.;.

President

11th February. 1987

ACT No. IX of 1987

AN ACT further to OIIlend the Education Ael. /974

BE re ENACTED by the Pres ident, by and with the advice and

cOIlSem of the House of Representatives. in this preseIlt Parliament

assembled. and by the authority of the same. as follows:-

I. (1) This Act may be cited as Ihe Education (Amendment)

(No. 2) Act, 1987, and shaH be read and construed as one with the

Education Act. 1974, hereinafter refened to as " the principal Act",

(2) T his Act shaU come inlo force on such date as the Minis.

ter ~ponsible for education may by notice published in the Gazette

establiSh.

Immediately after section 11 of the principal Act, there shall

be added the following new section

J lA. ( I) (a) There shall be established in each

Government schOOl a Parents' Association whose member!;

sbll be the parents of children attending such partirular

(JQvemment school.

(b) The Parents' Association sha!] elect a

Committee from among its members and may inClude otber

persons not being parents but who are nominated by the

members for ele<:tion to the Comm ittee.

(2) It shalt be the function of the Association

(a) 10 assist the Headteacber and staff in the run.

ning of the school particularly concerning the physical

and educational welfare of the children in such school

and tbe provis ion of amenities thereal; and

(b) to perform such tasks as the Min ister through

Ihe Fedcl1llion may from lime la time assign 10 such

Parents' Association.

(3) There shall be established a Federation of Pa-

rents' Associations. to be known as the Federation, which

shall consist of members elected by the Committees of Pa-

renls' Associations in accordance with the provisions of the

Sta tute of the Federation as approved in writing by the

Minister.

(4) It shall be the function of the Federation

(a) 10 co-ordinate the activities of the various Pa_

rents' Associations;

(h) to advise the Min ister on such matters relating

to the administration of Government schOOls;

(c) 10 bring to Ihe oogniza nce of the Minister or of

Ihe Director of Education, as the case may bc, all matters

relating to the functions and work of the Parents' Asso-

ciations

Id) to perform such tasks in C(lnnection with such

administration as the Minister may direct.

(5) T he Statute of the Federation shall provide

among other things

(a) lhe number of persoll5 who shall be members

of and compose The CommilTee of each ParenTS' Associa-

tion;

(b) the term of office of such members;

(c) the mode of c1e1;'1ion of the Commillee of the

Parents' ASSOCiation;

(d) such other matters relaTing to the administra-

tion of the ParenTS' Associations and the administra tion

of their funds;

(e) the number of persons who shall be members

of and compose the Commillee of the Federation;

(f) the term of office of the members of tile Com-

mittee of The FederaTion;

(g) (he mode of election of the members of the

Commillec of the Federa ti on;

(h) the relations bet",een lhe Federation and tile

individual Parents' Associations as well as the Federa-

lion and the Deparunent of Education;

(j) such olher matters relating to the administra·

tion of the Federation and The administration of its

funds.

(6) Th e Statute. once approved by the Minister,

shall not be amen ded or in any way altered unless the written

concurrence of the Minister is obtained to any such amend-

ment or alteration.

(7) The Federation shaH. not later than one month

after the Annual General Meeting held in accordance with the

Statute, submit to the Minister a statemen t of accounts covering

the twelve months' period immediately prior to the Annual

General Meeting.

(8) The judicial and legal representation of

eaeh Parents' Association shall be vested in the person of the

Secretary who shall be elected by the members of the Corn-

miUce in the first meeting after their election or Oil the firs t

meeting after a vacancy occurs.

(9) T he judicial and legal representation of the

Federation shall be vested in the person of the General

Secretary.

110) If the Minister is. after due enquiry and after

hearing the view~ of the Parents' Association concerned and

of the Fedoralion, satisfied that It particular Committee or the

Federation, a~ the case may be, is not properly perfonning its

functions ~s laid down in the Statute, he may by orde r pub-

lished in the Gazelle, suspend all or any of the activities of

mch Commiuee or of the Federation, as the case may be. for

such period as he may in lhe order specify,

(11) The Federation sha ll afford the Minis!er, in

such manner and at such times as he may require, every facility

for obtaining and verify ing information connected with the ac-

tivities of the Federation and sha ll furnish the Minister with

such further returns and information as he may requin:.".

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