By.,. t""" for tM Diploma In GWdanct' and COllIlWIlin&

L.N. 59 at 1992

EDUCATION Acr, l!l88

(ACT XXlV OF 19811)

By.,. t""" for tM Diploma In GWdanct' and COllIlWIlin&

IN exercise ofllle pcr.o ersoon ferred upon him by sections28(5) and

29(6) of the Educllion Act. 1988. the Chancellor of the Uni~rsity of

Malta has promulgated the foUowing B~-La'N$ made by the Board of

the Facu lty of Education of the Universily o f Malta in virtue of the

powers conferred upon ;1 by 5«tion 35(1) of the saki Act . and which

have been approved by the Senate of the University of Malta as required

by section 35(2) oflhe said Act.

CII.II.!ion

These Bye-Laws may be cited as the Bye·Laws for the Diploma in

Guidance and Counselling Dnd are applicable 10 the courses starting in

1990orlal(:' ,

(A pplicilble 10 oow:w.r Jwrring in 1990 Or bm. I

Admlsliloo Requl~1:!I

1. \ A candidate sllall be admilled to the ooursc fo r the OipLoma in Guidance and

Counselling if he is in poweWon of a locally recognised leaching qualification together

with live )'ears teachingc~perience.

1.2 Preference shall be given to qualified teachen who lIthe time of application

are formally engaged in guidance work .

COll~ f"rogrwnrM

2. 1 The course programme shall eonsisI of a minimum of 30 study-unilS in the

following course componcnt§;-

A. Educational Psychology. Human Dcvelopmcnt and

Handicaps in Learning ....... . . .... ......... ..... .

1

<a)

itemm b'suCtess ]·E_el u ,-TieR; Parti ta)-kOI"5;

(b) ighaddi mill·EUn\i Final;

jipprclenta b'suttcss ]-Ew!y Twit Jew il- P,*II.

(c)

3.2 Kandidat irid ilcmm b'SOO!c§5 ]-Ewwel Pani la)·kors qabel jithl1. jghaddi

g.hat-Tieni pacti.

3.3 Kandidal ilemrn b'su(tess kull part; la1-kon ;ekk iflib minimu la' Mu-il

kredt ... fdik il-partL

3.4

Ir·ritultalli jinkiseb fkull uniUi la' studju jinghala widled minn dawn il-gradi

t. D fordni dinendeoti: F tfissc: r li I-hndidat_hel.

slr.ond i)-menu: A , S ,

3.5 Kandidat m. jill'l.Hiex ikompli I-k.m jekk m. jgib. minimu ta' disa·lr.redti

fkull parti taI-kors.

3.6 Kandidat li fparti jew ol'Ira tal-lr.ors igib minimu ta' disa · lr.redli itda ma jgib.

fldax -il lr.redlu jitl'l.lIa jirrepeli darba I-unitajiel ~ jkun wehel f1hom fI tmH:n sena

mill-bidu la' dik it-parti. Dawk il-Irn:dti li jgib I·islu<ienl wara li jkun irrepetihom

jing.!'lalaw I-inqas grad.

3.7 K.ndidat irK! iaib ta' miU-inqas it-mark. minima aggn:gata biex jitqies li jkun

gfladda fl-Eiami Finali U jlr.un maghmul minn kwa kani sinollia. Kandidat li jehel

mill-Eiami Finali jil1'lalla jerp' jagl'lmlu darba biss fi tmicn SCM miHmicm tal-kof'!; .

L-oghla marta Ii jiHa';gib hija l-marta minima ~ biha jghaddi.

3.8 Kandidal jinhtiettu jippietenta b·· ...... e .. Essay TwiI ta' be;n wiehed u icl'lor

IInint clef kelml, jew Progcll meqjus ta' kwalillllkkademik. ekwivalcnti. Kandidat I;

jel'lel miH-EssGy TwivPmaell jil1'lalla jerp' jippretentah darba wal'lda malul perjodu ta '

mllux itwal minn tnu·il xahlU".

1 Meta I·lr.andidat itemm il-kors b'su(tess, jinghala d-Diploma fII-Guidatr« u

COUIIMlling.

AppliktNlltl

5.1

Da .... n t.()rdinamenti jgtloddll ghat kOfSijiet mibdija fl-Im jewwal',

Guidance and Cou~lIing

C. $ocio-Cultum l Aspectsof Educalion

D.

lI.leasurcmcl1l and Statistics, Tcst Construction and

Record Keeping ... .• . • . . ..... . ...... . ...... ... ..

E.

Profcssional lssues

Long Essay/Projecl . • . • • . . . . . . . . . . . . I • • . . . . . . . . . . . •

F.

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The OOlilX. which is spread ~r two years of pan·time §ludy. is divided in

2.2

two parts of o nc yo:ar's duration cach.

2.3 A candidate mltSt cumplete the OOUI$C in IIQllcss than two yean and not It\C)Te

than three yean. eJ[ttpl with Senatc'slXnnission given for special rnsons on tile advice

orlhe Faculty Board,

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1. A

3.1 A candidate shall be oonsidered to have 'l3.tisfltd the aMeSSII\I: nl criteria ohht

course if he

<a) compiete$ s' !C>"eMfully Pans Onc and Two of the OOU!l;e;

(b) is sua:.usful in the FmaI Euminatiou;

completes succe!05fuUy the Long Essay Of the Project.

(c)

3.2 A candidate s.nau be A:quircd to complete successfully Pan Oneoftht: course

before prooecdinglo Part Two.

3.3 A CIlIldid.ale completes successfully each pan o f the course, if he obtains a

minimwn of eleven credits in that pan.

3. 4 The result obtained in each unit is give n in onc o f the following grades

aeoording to meril: for a sUC<:essfuUycomplelcd unit A . B. C , D in de5cendingordcr ; F

signi6e$ a failure .

35 A candidate shall not be allowed 10 oorllinue the coune if in any pan of the

course be fails to obtain a minimwn o f nine credits.

3.6 A candidate who in either pan of the course obtain5 a minimum of nine

credits but fails 10 obtain elcvi:n credits, shaD be ano-d 10 re-sit the failed study·units

once within a period of 12 months from the start of that part. Credits obtained following

• re-si t shall carry the minimum grade.

3.7 A eandidate shall be required lOoblain an aggregate minimum ~ark in

the Final Examination which shaD consist of two synoptic examination papers.

Candidates who fail the Final Examination shall he allowed 10 re-sit the Final

EJiamination oooe within a period of 12 months from the eoo of the 0DUr$C . A pass-mark

will be t he highest mark that can be awarded,

3.8 A candidate shaD be required to submit successfully a Long Essay of

approximately eigh t thousand words, or • project deemed to be of equivalent academic

standard. A candidate who fails the Long EssayfProject shall be a llowed 10 re-submillt

once within a period of twelve months_

4. Cerdlkarlon

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4 .1 On the ..

completion of the course. candidate shall be . warded the

Diplom. in Guidance and Counselli",.

5. ApplIcabllily

5. 1 'Ibe$e Bye-lawunaJJ apply 10 COUrKutarting in 19900r later.

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