Institute for Education (Establishment) Order, 2015

L.N. 140 of 2015

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Institute for Education (Establishment) Order, 2015

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 131 of the

Education Act, the Prime Minister has made the following Order:-

The title of this Order is the Institute for Education Citation.

(Establishment) Order, 2015.

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires -

Interpretation.

"Act" means the Education Act;

"educator" means all those involved in the administration and

provision of teaching and learning in the education sector within a

lifelong learning perspective;

"Institute" means the Institute established by means of this

Order;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for education.

There shall be an Institute, to be known as the Institute for Establishment

Education, which shall be autonomous and which shall carry out of the Institute.

functions related to continuous professional development and training

of educators and shall serve as a main driver in these fields.

The affairs and activities of the Institute shall be under the Affairs and

direction of the Board and shall be dealt with by the members of the activities

Institute.

Board and for this purpose shall be represented by the Chairperson

who shall be able to speak and act on its behalf.

(1)

The functions and duties of the Institute shall be to: Functions and

duties of the

Institute.

(a)

provide professional formation, skills, attitudes and

practices that will be utilized in the daily professional lives of

educators and their contexts taking into account the diverse

contexts that exist;

(b)

implement continuous professional development

activities consistent with or in support of the Government

policies and educational frameworks;

(c)

advise the Minister in relation to continuous

professional development issues, needs and practices;

(d)

clarify, understand and widen the various aspects

of educational leadership;

(e)

develop a leadership vision for schools;

(f)

act as a hub for educators to meet and share

common experiences, challenges and possibilities, including

carrying out action research and collect data related to

continuous professional development;

(g)

nurture a meaningful, truly engaging awareness of

education in a wider sense and its dialectal relationship with

life;

(h)

encourage a reflective educational leadership that

is aware of its qualities, possibilities, challenges and limits,

personally, socially, and professionally, hence becoming a

leadership that nurtures trust and hope;

(i)

act as a meaningful forum for educational policy

discussions;

(j)

carry out any other function which is related to or

ancillary to the above.

(2) The Institute shall be a body corporate having a distinct

legal personality and shall be capable, subject to the provisions of the

Act, of entering into contracts, of acquiring, holding and disposing of

any kind of property for the purposes of its functions, of suing and

being sued, and of doing all such things and entering into all such

transactions as are incidental or conducive to the exercise or

performance of its functions under this Order.

(3) The legal and judicial personality of the Institute shall be

vested in the Chairperson.

(1)

The Institute shall be governed by a Board

composed of not less than thirteen and not more than fifteen members

to be nominated by the Minister and appointed by the Prime Minister

for a period of three years and the members shall be eligible to be re-

appointed after their term of office expires.

(2) The Prime Minister, upon recommendation of the Minister,

shall appoint from among the members a Chairperson and a Deputy

Chairperson.

(3) The members of the Board shall include the following

members

(a)

a registered teacher who has practised the

profession of teacher for not less than eight years, appointed by

the Minister, from among the officials of the Directorate for

Quality and Standards in Education;

(b)

a member nominated by the Council for the

Teaching Profession established by virtue of article 26 of the

Act;

(c)

a member nominated by that association of

teachers having the majority of registered teachers as its

members;

(d)

a person nominated by the non-state Educational

sector;

(e)

a member nominated by the University of Malta

from among the permanent academic staff of the Faculty of

Education;

(f)

a member nominated by the Malta College for Arts,

Science and Technology;

(g)

a member nominated by the Institute of Tourism

Studies;

(h)

a person representing civil society;

(i)

a person representing industry;

(j)

a maximum of six persons who, in the opinion of

the Minister, possess leadership qualities, and have an

understanding of education within the context of an open,

democratic, fair, prosperous and inclusive society.

(4) A member of the Board may at any time be removed from

office by the Prime Minister on the grounds of inability to perform

the functions of his office as required, either because of mental or

physical illness, or for any other reason due to which the member

would no longer be fit to occupy such office or due to bad conduct.

(5) A member of the Board may resign from his office through

a letter addressed to the Prime Minister. If any member tenders his

resignation or is removed from his office by the Prime Minister or

should the office of any member of the Board become in any manner

vacant, the Prime Minister, upon recommendation of the Minister,

may appoint a qualified person to take up this post and any person

who is so appointed shall keep on occupying that post up to the

termination of the term of office of the person being so substituted

and such person shall be eligible to be reappointed.

(6) Any absence or vacancy among the members of the Board

or any participation in its meetings by any person who is not entitled

to such act, does not invalidate the procedures of the Board, insofar as

there is a quorum of not less than one-half of the number of members

of the Board plus one.

(7) Subject to the provisions of this Order and of any

regulations made under the Act, the Board shall generally regulate its

own procedures.

(8) The Minister may make rules regarding the procedures to

be adopted by the Board in the course of its operations.

(1)

The engagement and termination of the

engagement of the employees of the Institute shall be a function of

the Board which acts through the Chairperson after due consultation

with the Chief Executive Officer.

(2) All employees previously performing duties with, and any

other public officers currently deployed with, the Educational

Directorates shall be regarded as employees of the Institute under the

same terms and conditions prevailing at the date of coming into force

of this Order.

(3) Subject to the provisions of the Act and to the directives of

the Board, the executive and administrative affairs and the

organisation of the Institute and the administrative control of its

officers and its employees, shall fall within the responsibility of the

Chief Executive Officer.

(4) The Chief Executive Officer shall also be responsible for

the implementation of the function of the Institute and, without

prejudice to the generality of the aforesaid, shall develop such

strategies, policy and regulations required for the implementation of

the purposes of the Institute, provide information and give advice to it

on any matter and perform such other duties as may be assigned to

him from time to time by the Institute.

(5) The Chief Executive Officer shall be appointed by the

Institute, with the approval of the Minister, under such terms and

conditions as the Institute may establish in agreement with the

Minister.

(6) The Chief Executive Officer shall report to the

Chairperson and to the Institute and shall attend the Institute’s

meetings whenever he is invited to do so.

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