Secondary Education Certificate Examination (Amendment) Regulations, 2023

L.N. 170 of 2023

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

Secondary Education Certificate Examination (Amendment) Regulations, 2023

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, 2023 and shall be read and construed as one

with the Secondary Education Certificate Examination Regulations, 2023, published

as Legal Notice 86 of 2023, hereinafter referred to as, “the principal regulations.”

Applicability

These regulations shall apply to the examinations held from January 2025

onwards.

Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal regulations

For paragraphs (2) and (3) of regulation 5 of the principal regulations there

shall be substituted the following

“(2) With the exception of subjects marked with an asterisk in paragraph (1)

of regulation 4, candidates are eligible to register for the Supplementary Session in

any of the subjects in paragraph (2) of regulation 4 only if, in the Main Session of

that same year, they had obtained a Level 2 or lower, or if they were absent, except

for Biology, Chemistry and Physics which are regulated by paragraph (3) of this

regulation.

(3) In the Supplementary Session, candidates may sit for only one examination

in either Biology, or Chemistry or Physics, provided that they had not already obtained

a Level 3 in any of these three subjects.”

Amendment of regulation 6 of the principal regulations

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

substituted the following

“(6) With the exception of SEC Mathematics, all Paper II controlled assessments

shall be tiered at two levels: levels 1-2 and levels 2-3. Paper I for school candidates

may be tiered at either levels 1-2-3 or levels 1-2 according to the respective MATSEC

syllabus.”

The following paragraph (7) shall be added after paragraph (6) of regulation

6 of the principal regulations

“(7) Paper II for SEC Mathematics shall be tiered at three levels: levels 1-2,

levels 2-3 and levels 3-3*.”

Paragraphs (7) to (12) of regulation 6 of the principal regulations shall be

renumbered as paragraphs (8) to (13).

For paragraph (8) of regulation 6 of the principal regulations there shall be

substituted the following

“(8) For SEC Matematics only, candidates shall be required to indicate on their

application form whether they wish to sit for their Paper II assessment at: levels 1-2

or levels 2-3 or levels 3-3*.”

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