Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2010

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L.N. 169 of 2010

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Postgraduate Certificate in Education – P.G.C.E. -

Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2010

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon him by articles 74 (5)

and 75 (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 articles 75

and 79 of the said Act

Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Postgraduate Certificate in Education –

P.G.C.E. – Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2010 and shall be read and construed as

one with the Postgraduate Certificate in Education – P.G.C.E. – Course Regulations,

2007 published as Legal Notice 247 of 2007, hereinafter referred to as “the principal

regulations”.

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable to courses commencing in October

2009 or later.

Amendment to regulation 4 of the principal regulations

For sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (5) of regulation 4 of the principal

regulations there shall be substituted the following

“ (b) for Computing and Information Technology: a minimum of 60 ECTS

credits at first degree level, or higher, in Computer Science, Information Systems and

Computer/Communications Engineering, which must include study-units in the

following areas to ensure a sufficiently broad knowledge base in the subject

Programming beyond an introductory level in any high-level programming language,

Computer Logic and Organisation, Database Management Systems, Systems Analysis

and Design, Data Structures and Algorithms, and Operating Systems.

Applicants who have successfully completed study-units in at least four of the above

areas shall be required to follow an additional study-unit in each of the remaining areas

they have not covered during their previous degree courses.”