Statute for the Matriculation and Secondary Education Certificate

L.N. 349 of 2014

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Statute for the Matriculation and Secondary Education Certificate

Examinations

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon him by articles 74(5) and 75(6)

of the Education Act, the Chancellor of the University of Malta has promulgated the

following statute made by the Council of the University of Malta in virtue of the

powers conferred upon it by articles 72(h), 75(2) and 77(c) of the said Act

Citation and Interpretation

(1) This statute may be cited as the Statute for the Matriculation and

Secondary Education Certificate Examinations.

(2) “Examinations” means various forms of assessment.

Applicability

This statute shall be applicable from 2 June 2014 onwards.

General

(1) There shall be a Matriculation Examination held at two levels

Advanced (AM) and Intermediate (IM), and a Secondary Education Certificate

(SEC) Examination.

(2) In each year there shall be continuous assessment and two sessions

of the Examinations as specified in the syllabuses and learning and assessment

programmes.

(3) The Examinations and continuous assessment shall be under the

control of a Matriculation and Secondary Education Certificate Examinations Board

(MATSEC Board) appointed in terms of article 4 (2).

The Matriculation and Secondary Education Certificate Examinations Board

(1) The functions of the Matriculation and Secondary Education

Certificate Examinations Board shall be

(i) to make recommendations to Senate regarding regulations required

for the proper conduct of the Examinations and continuous assessment;

(ii) to conduct the Examinations and continuous assessment in accordance

with the regulations approved by Senate;

(iii) to make recommendations to Senate regarding syllabuses and learning

and assessment programmes which would be prepared after consultation with

curriculum experts from the schools, the Directorates of Education, the University

of Malta (UoM), the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST) and

the Institute for Tourism Studies (ITS), as appropriate;

(iv) to make recommendations to Senate regarding the appointment

of syllabus and learning and assessment programme panels, paper setters’ panels,

markers’ panels and external and standards verifiers, as appropriate;

(v) to make recommendations to Senate on all matters related to

assessment and examinations and on relevant matters referred to it;

(vi) to make recommendations to Senate and Council for the appointment

of a MATSEC Support Unit, with executive powers; and

(vii) to make recommendations to Council regarding appropriate funding,

including provision for the MATSEC Support Unit.

(2) The Matriculation and Secondary Education Certificate Examinations

Board shall consist of twelve members and a chairman as follows

(i)

a Chairman (the Rector or his nominated deputy);

(ii)

three members of the academic staff appointed by the Senate of the

University;

(iii) two members appointed by the Council of Institutes of MCAST;

(iv) one member appointed by the Institute for Tourism Studies;

(v) two members from the Directorates of Education appointed by the

Minister responsible for education;

(vi) two members nominated by, and from, the members of the Private

Schools Association;

(vii) the Executive Director of the MATSEC Support Unit; and

(ix)

the Registrar.

(3) The Secretary of the Board shall be the Registrar or his nominated

deputy.

(4) The number of members required to form a quorum shall be seven.

(5) A Vice-Chairman shall be appointed by the Matriculation and Secondary

Education Certificate Examinations Board from among the members appointed in

terms of paragraph 4 (2).

(6)

Members shall be appointed for a term of three years, which may be

renewed.

Regulations and Syllabuses

Regulations made by Senate for the examinations leading to the Matriculation

and Secondary Education Certificates and the syllabuses or learning and assessment

programmes for each subject shall normally be published each year. Advanced and

Intermediate Level syllabuses shall normally be published two years in advance of

the final assessment. SEC syllabuses and learning and assessment programmes shall

normally be published three years in advance of the final assessment.

Repeal

The Statute 04 – The Matriculation and Secondary Education Certificate

Examinations published as Legal Notice 11 of 1991 is hereby repealed.

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