Diploma in School Counselling (Amendment) Regulations, 2000

LoN. S4 of 2000

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Diploma in School Counselling (Amendment) Regulations, 2000

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 30 (5)

and 31 (6) of the Education Act (Cap. 327), the Chancellor of the

University of Malta has promulgated the following regulations made by the

Senate of the University of Malta by virtue of the powers conferred upon it

by sections 31 and 35 of the said Act

Citation and interpretation

These regulations may be cited as the Diploma in School Counselling

(Amendment) Regulations, 2000 and shall be read and construed as one with

the Diploma in School Counselling Regulations, 1996, published as Legal Notice

36 of 1996, hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable for courses which started in 1996

or later.

Amendment of regulation S of the principal regulations

For paragraph (l) of regulation 5 of the principal regulations there

shall be substituted the following

"5. (l) The Course programme shall consist of study-units, to which not

less than 30 credits are assigned, in the following Course components

(a) Counselling Theory and Practice

(b) Guidance and Guidance Services

(c) Personal and Professional Development

(d) Sociological and Psychological Perspectives

(e) Design of Educational Investigation."

Amendment of regulation 6 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (2) of regulation 6 of the principal regulations there

shall be substituted the following

"(2) Candidates shall be required to complete successfully Part One of

the Course before proceeding to Part Two."

The following paragraph (3) shall be added after paragraph (2) of

regulation 6 of the principal regulations

"(3) Candidates shall be awarded a Certificate in Helping Skills for

Part One of the Course, if they have completed successfully all the compulsory

study-units and obtained a minimum of 15 credits."

For paragraph (6) of regulation 6 of the principal regulations there

shall be substituted the following

"(6) Only those candidates who have obtained at least 25 credits with a

C grade average and have attended regularly throughout the Course will be

allowed to register for the final examinations."

Paragraphs (3) to (8) of the principal regulations shall be re-

numbered as paragraphs (4) to (9).