Secondary Education Certificate Examination (Amendment) Regulations, 2015

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L.N. 166 of 2015

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Secondary Education Certificate Examination (Amendment) Regulations, 2015

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 Secondary Education Certificate

Examination (Amendment) Regulations, 2015 and shall be read and construed as one

with Secondary Education Certificate Examination Regulations, 2014, published as

Legal Notice 389 of 2014, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Applicability

These regulations shall apply to the examinations held from January 2015

onwards.

Amendment of regulation 6 of the principal regulations

For paragraph (5) of regulation 6 of the principal regulations there shall be

substituted the following

“(5) In all subjects marked with an asterisk in regulation 4(1) there shall be

continuous assessment by the class teachers with internal verification by peers and

external verification by the MATSEC Board.”

The following paragraphs (6) to (8) shall be added after paragraph (5) of

regulation 6 of the principal regulations

“(6) Each of these subjects shall consist of three Units: one Unit for each of

Forms 3, 4 and 5 (Years 9, 10 and 11) of the secondary schools; and each Unit shall

be assessed by means of three assessment tasks, one of which shall be a controlled

assessment set and supervised by the MATSEC Board and shall also include a written

component.

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(7) The tasks shall be set by the class teachers and shall be verified internally

by peers and verified externally by a purposely appointed External Verifier who shall

report to the MATSEC Board.

(8) There shall be a synoptic test for each Unit only for candidates who fail the

Unit or who are absent for the controlled assessment of that Unit. Candidates who

take the synoptic test because they failed the Unit may qualify for a maximum of 60

marks, whilst candidates who take the synoptic test because they were absent for the

controlled assessment may qualify for the full 100 marks.”

Amendment of regulation 8 of the principal regulations

For paragraphs (4) to (7) of regulation 8 of the principal regulations there

shall be substituted the following

“(4) Registration for the Supplementary Session shall be made during the

week following the publication of the Main Session results. Candidates shall be

allowed to register for the Supplementary Session only if they had also registered for

the Main Session of the examination and subject to the provisions of paragraphs (3)

and (4) of regulation 5.

(5) Registration for the subjects marked with an asterisk in regulation 4 (1)

shall be made by the closing date as published in the notice for registration when the

candidates are commencing studies at the beginning of Form 3 (Year 9). Registration

must be made on the appropriate form and accompanied by the relevant fee.

(6) Registration for the synoptic tests shall be made during the week following

the release of the results of the Units. Candidates shall be allowed to register for the

synoptic test only as specified in regulation 6 (8).

(7) The Registrar may, at his/her discretion, accept late applications for the

Supplementary Session and the synoptic test after the closing date if an additional fee

is paid.

(8) Alterations to the application form may only be made by the candidates

subject to the same conditions and additional fees applicable for late registration.”

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