Examinations (Amendment)

L.N. 103 of 2023

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 December 2022 onwards.

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

(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 (the

“Board”) shall consist of twelve members and a chair 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;

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

Schools Association;

(viii) one representative from the trade union representing the largest number

of teachers duly warranted by the Council for the Teaching Profession (as it may be

reconstituted from time to time) in terms of the applicable law;

(ix) the Executive Director of MATSEC; and

(x) 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 seven. All

Board members shall have the power to deliberate and decide on any matter brought

before the Board in accordance with its remit hereunder. In the absence of unanimous

approval by the Board members on any matter on which it deliberates, decisions may

be validly taken if supported by a minimum of fifty percent plus one of all Board

members present at any board meeting, subject to quorum.

(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.”

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