ACT No. XXVII of 2015 AN ACT to amend the Education Act, Cap. 327.

I assent.

M ARIE L OUISE

(L.S.)

C OLEIRO P RECA

President

4th August, 2015

ACT No. XXVII of 2015

AN ACT to amend the Education Act, Cap. 327.

BE IT ENACTED by the President, by and with the advice and

consent of the House of Representatives, in this present Parliament

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

The short title of this Act is the Education (Amendment)

Act, 2015, and this Act shall be read and construed as one with the

Education Act, hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act".

In article 2 of the principal Act immediately after the

words "sixteen years;" in the definition "compulsory school age"

there shall be added the words "or has not yet completed the last year

of secondary school;".

Sub-article (2) of article 9 of the principal Act shall be

amended as follows

(a)

paragraph (l) thereof shall be renumbered as

paragraph (m); and

(b) immediately after paragraph (k) thereof there shall

be added the following new paragraph

"(l) to act as the competent authority for

providing accreditation for programmes at a compulsory

level of education bound by the National Minimum

Curriculum and shall provide such accreditation, for

programmes up to Level 3 of the Malta Qualifications

Framework. Such accreditation shall also include, where

applicable, informal and non-formal activities as defined in

article 63;".

Article 23 of the principal Act shall be amended as Amendment of

article 23 of the

principal Act.

(a)

for the words "in a licensed school;" in the proviso

to the definition "teacher" thereof there shall be substituted the

words "in a licensed school:"; and

(b) immediately thereafter there shall be added the

following new proviso

"Provided further that a teacher in possession of a

Degree of Bachelor in Education in Early Childhood and

Care teaching at kindergarten level shall be considered as a

teacher for all intents and purposes of the law.".

Sub-article (2) of article 24 of the principal Act shall be Amendment of

article 24 of the

amended as follows

principal Act.

(a)

for the words "in accordance with this Act." in

paragraph (e) thereof there shall be substituted the words "in

accordance with this Act:"; and

(b) immediately thereafter there shall be added the

following new proviso

"Provided that holders of the Degree of Bachelor in

Education in Early Childhood Education and Care who

practise at kindergarten level and who satisfy the

requirements of paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (e) shall be

eligible for the award of a warrant.".

Sub-article (2) of article 128 of the principal Act shall be Amendment of

article 128 of

the principal

Act.

Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 295 of the

20th July 2015.

A NĠLU F ARRUGIA

Speaker

R AYMOND S CICLUNA

Clerk of the House of Representatives

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