Matriculation Examination (Amendment) Regulations, 2014

L.N. 316 of 2014

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Matriculation Examination (Amendment) Regulations, 2014

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, 2014 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 1st May, 2014, onwards.

Amendment to regulation 4 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (1) of regulation 4 of the principal regulations there shall be

substituted the following

“4. (1) The Examination is offered in a wide range of subjects as follows

Group l: Maltese, Arabic, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Russian,

Spanish;

Group 2: Accounting, Classical Studies*, Economics, Geography, History, Marketing,

Philosophy, Psychology*, Religious Knowledge, Sociology;

Group 3: Applied Mathematics (Mechanics), Biology, Chemistry, Environmental

Science*, Physics, Pure Mathematics;

Group 4: Art, Computing, Engineering Drawing, Graphical Communication,

Home Economics and Human Ecology, Information Technology, Music, Physical

Education*, Theatre and Performance*,

Systems of Knowledge*

* offered at Intermediate Level only.”

Amendment to regulation 5 of the principal regulations

For sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph (2) of regulation 5 of the

principal regulations there shall be substituted the following

“(2) The Certificate shall be awarded to candidates who

(a) sit for

(i) one subject chosen from each of Groups 1, 2, 3 and Systems of

Knowledge and two other subjects chosen from Groups 1, 2, 3 and 4 indicated in

regulation 4; and

(ii) two of the six subjects must be at Advanced Level, three other

subjects at Intermediate Level and Systems of Knowledge; and”

(b) obtain

(i) a pass in at least one of the subjects offered from each of Groups

1, 2 and 3, and a pass in Systems of Knowledge; and

(ii) a minimum of 44 grade points as indicated in paragraph (5) of

this regulation.

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

regulations there shall be substituted the following

(b) Candidates who sit for three or more subjects at Advanced Level shall be

entitled to have one or more of the results of these subjects considered as substitutes

for one or more of the Intermediate Level subjects required by paragraph 2 (a) (ii)

of this regulation. In such cases, the subject or subjects that are substituted shall

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.”

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