Examinations (Amendment)

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L.N. 413 of 2021

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Statute for the Matriculation and Secondary Education Certificate

Examinations (Amendment)

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

This statute may be cited as the Statute for the Matriculation and Secondary

Education Certificate Examinations (Amendment) and shall be read and construed

as one with the Statute for the Matriculation and Secondary Education Certificate

Examinations, published as Legal Notice 349 of 2014, hereinafter referred to as “the

principal statute”.

Applicability

This statute shall be applicable from 1 September 2021 onwards.

Amendment to article 3 of the principal statute

For article 3 of the principal statute there shall be substituted the following

“General

3. (1) There shall be a Matriculation Examination held at two levels: Advanced

(AM) and Intermediate (IM), a Secondary Education Certificate (SEC) Examination

and a Secondary Education Applied Certificate Examination (SEAC).

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

Examinations as specified in the syllabi 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).”

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Amendment to article 4 of the principal statute

For article 4 of the principal statute there shall be substituted the following

“The Matriculation and Secondary Education Certificate Examinations Board

4. (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

(UM), 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; and

(vi) to make recommendations to Council regarding resources so that the

MATSEC Board shall execute all its functions.

(2) The Matriculation and Secondary Education Certificate Examinations Board

shall consist of twelve members and a chairman as follows

(i) a Chair (the Rector or nominated deputy);

(ii) three members of the academic staff appointed by the Senate of the University

;

(iii) one member 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) one member nominated by, and from, the membership of the Church Schools

Association;

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(vii) one member nominated by, and from, the membership of the Independent

Schools Association;

(viii) the Executive Director of MATSEC; and

(ix) the Registrar.

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

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

(5) The Vice-Chair shall be the Executive Director of MATSEC.

(6) Members shall be appointed for a term of three years, which may be renewed.

Amendment to article 5 of the principal statute

For article 5 of the principal statute there shall be substituted the following

“Regulations and Syllabi

5. Regulations made by Senate for the examinations leading to the Matriculation

and Secondary Education Certificates and the syllabi or learning and assessment

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

Intermediate Level syllabi shall normally be published two years in advance of the

final assessment. SEC and SEAC syllabi and learning and assessment programmes

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

Addition of article 6 to the principal statute

The following article 6 shall be added after article 5 of the principal statute

“Certification

6. Expressly notwithstanding Articles 2.2 (a) and (c) of Statute 6 – the Principal

and Other Officers of the University (Schedule 2 of the Education Act – Cap. 327),

certification attesting to the performance of candidates in examinations leading to the

Matriculation and Secondary Education Certificates shall bear the signature of the

Executive Director of MATSEC.”

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