Fees (Lifelong Learning Courses) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024

L.N. 103 of 2024

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 605)

Fees (Lifelong Learning Courses) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 67 and 70 of

the Education Act, the Minister responsible for education has made the

following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Fees (Lifelong Learning Citation.

Courses) (Amendment) Regulations, 2024 and these regulations shall

be read and construed as one with the Fees (Lifelong Learning S.L. 605.03.

Courses) Regulations, hereinafter referred to as the "principal

regulations".

The paragraph immediately after paragraph (e) of Amends

regulation 2 of the principal regulations shall be substituted by the regulation

following new paragraph

"following any course appearing in the first column in the

Schedule, organised by the Directorate for Research, Lifelong

Learning and Employability shall be those fees appearing next to

the course in the second column of the said Schedule.".

Regulation 3 of the principal regulations shall be Substitutes

substituted by the following new regulation

" Persons

3. (1) Foreign nationals who are not officially

eligible to

registered

as

residents of Malta are not eligible to apply

apply for any

course offered for any course offered by the Directorate for Research,

by the

Directorate for Lifelong Learning and Employability.

Research,

Lifelong

Learning and

Employability.

(2) Without prejudice to regulation 2, foreign

nationals applying for a course shall present documents

attesting that they are officially residing in Malta in

accordance with national or European Union law.

(3) Third-country nationals may not request an

authorisation to remain in Malta on the basis of having

applied for, or are following any course offered by the

Directorate for Research, Lifelong Learning and

Employability.".

The Schedule to the principal regulations shall be

Substitutes the

Schedule to the

substituted by the following new Schedule

principal

regulations.

"SCHEDULE

Tuition Courses

First Column*

Second

Column

Basic Skills Courses

Exempt

Basic Courses in Maltese, English, Maths, Science, Basic IT, Sign Language

Digital Skills: Learn to use your smartphone and, or tablet

Digital Skills: Learn to use the internet and email

Media Literacy: Understanding how media affects us

Personal finance: Managing your money

General Courses: up to 100 hours including Asynchronous Courses up to

€34.94

MQF/VET Level 3

Specialised Courses: up to 100 hours including Intermediate, Level Rated and

€46.59

IT subjects

Revision Classes: up to 100 hours including MATSEC Level and ICDL

€34.94

Courses

Language Conversation Classes up to 25 hours

€18.63

Morning Courses: held at the Msida Lifelong Learning Hub

€11.65

Courses up to 42 hours, not being any of the above indicated courses

€18.63

*It shall be at the discretion of the Directorate for Research, Lifelong Learning and

Employability to

(a)

amend the non-exhaustive list of Basic Skills Courses essential for

independent living, and functioning in society;

(b)

update the other categories of the list of other courses to reflect popular

demand for such other courses;

(c)

distribute the duration in hours of each course into a number of hours

per lesson;

(d)

establish the frequency of delivery of each lesson in completion of the

course;

(e)

establish the location and mode from where each course is delivered.".

€0.18