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L.N. 220 of 2017

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Certificate in Foundation Studies Course

(Amendment) Regulations, 2017

under the auspices of the International School for Foundation Studies

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 Certificate in Foundation Studies

Course (Amendment) Regulations, 2017 and shall be read and construed as one with

the Certificate in Foundation Studies Course Regulations, 2014, published as Legal

Notice 352 of 2014, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

Applicability

These regulations shall be applicable for courses commencing in October

2017 or later.

Amendment to regulation 11 of the principal regulations

The following paragraph (3) shall be added after paragraph (2) of regulation

11 of the principal regulations

“(3) The Certificate shall show a grade A, B, C, or D (grade A being the

highest and D the lowest) indicating the standard attained by students. In calculating

the average mark for the Course, each individual mark obtained for each study-unit

registered for during the year shall be weighted by the credit value of the corresponding

unit. The resultant marks are added and divided by the total number of credits to give

the average mark for the year. This mark is then translated into a grade.”

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