Matriculation Examination (Amendment) Regulations, 2013

L.N. 330 of 2013

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Matriculation Examination (Amendment) Regulations, 2013

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 (3) and 79 (b) of the said

Act

Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Matriculation Examination

(Amendment) Regulations, 2013 and shall be read and construed as one with

Matriculation Examination Regulations, 2013, published as Legal Notice 133 of

2013, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable as from 28th June, 2013, onwards.

Amendment to the title of the principal regulations

In the Maltese version, for the title of the principal regulations there shall

be substituted the following

“Ir-Regolamenti tal-2013 tal-Eżami tal-Matrikola”

Amendment to regulation 1 of the principal regulations

In the Maltese version, for regulation 1 of the principal regulations there

shall be substituted the following

“It-Titlu u l-Interpretazzjoni

1. (1) Dawn ir-regolamenti jistgħu jissejħu bħala r-Regolamenti tal-2013 tal-

Eżami tal-Matrikola.

(2) F’dawn ir-regolamenti, kemm-il darba r-rabta tal-kliem ma teħtieġx

mod ieħor –

“il-Bord tal-MATSEC” tfisser il-Bord tal-Eżamijiet tal-Matrikola u għaċ-

Ċertifikat tal-Edukazzjoni Sekondarja;

“iċ-Ċertifikat” tfisser iċ-Ċertifikat tal-Matrikola; u

“l-Eżami” tfisser l-Eżami tal-Matrikola.

(3) Il-Bord tal-MATSEC iżomm għalih id-dritt li jinterpreta r-regolamenti u

s-sillabi marbutin mal-eżamijiet tiegħu.”

Amendment to regulation 5 of the principal regulations

For paragraphs (4) and (5) of regulation 5 of the principal regulations

there shall be substituted the following

“(4) (a) Candidates who satisfy all the criteria in this regulation shall be

awarded the Certificate on the basis of the best results obtained.

(b) Candidates who are in possession of passes in three or more subjects

at Advanced Level shall be entitled to have one or more of these passes considered

as substitutes for one or more of the Intermediate Level subjects required by

regulation 2 (a) (ii) above. In such cases, the subject or subjects that are substituted

will be considered as Intermediate Level passes, grade for grade, for the purpose of

calculating the number of grade points as indicated in paragraph (5) of this regulation.

Candidates shall be required to inform the MATSEC Board in writing which subject/s

they wish to be substituted.

(c) The Certificate shall be issued once only and it shall indicate that

the candidate has satisfied the criteria for the award. Candidates shall also receive a

transcript of the results obtained in individual subjects as established in regulation 6

below.

(5) Grade points shall be awarded for all subjects passed, up to a total of 100

grade points, as follows

Advanced Level

Intermediate Level

Grade A - 30 grade points

Grade A - 10 grade points

Grade B - 24 grade points

Grade B - 8 grade points

Grade C - 18 grade points

Grade C - 6 grade points

Grade D - 12 grade points

Grade D - 4 grade points

Grade E - 6 grade points

Grade E - 2 grade points,

provided that in applying these grade point equivalences, regulation 4 (b) is followed

for those candidates who present one or more Advanced Level subjects instead of

Intermediate Level subjects.”

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