INSTITUTE FOR CHILD AND PARENT LEARNING SUPPORT REGULATIONS

INSTITUTE FOR CHILD

AND PARENT LEARNING SUPPORT

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 327.191

INSTITUTE FOR CHILD AND PARENT LEARNING

SUPPORT REGULATIONS

1st August, 2000

LEGAL NOTICE 135 of 2000.

The title of these regulations is the Institute for Child and

Parent Learning Support Regulations.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -

"the Board" means the Board of the Institute for Child and Parent

Learning Support established in terms of regulation 5;

"the Institute" means the Institute for Child and Parent Learning

Support established in regulation 3.

An Institute for Child and Parent Learning Support is being

established as an educational structure to take initiatives in support

of preventive and remedial strategies against illiteracy and failure

in schools.

The aims of the Institute shall be to -

(a) empower families to aspire for a better quality of life

by facilitating the attainment of an educational and

cultural level as required in society;

(b) participate in the development and the implementation

of strategies and programmes that effectively tackle

illiteracy, absenteeism and school failure while

ensuring the interest, motivation and involvement of

students, parents, teachers and others involved;

(c) establish, develop and implement an early intervention

after-school programme for students who face

difficulties in their learning;

(d) develop, establish and implement a parent support

programme focusing on the skills and attitudes that

construct family environments that effectively nurture

and support the children’s growth and learning;

(e) work closely with bodies and institutions working on

adult education, in as much as this furthers the

Institute’s aims;

(f)

effectively liaise with and support schools to identify,

assess and refer students at risk of failing in school to

the after-school programme;

(g) complement remedial work undertaken by the Division

of Education;

(h) collaborate with the Division of Education, the Faculty

of Education, state and non-state schools, and other

local and foreign institutions in the field, to ensure

availability of research based information;

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(i)

adapt and develop, in collaboration with the

institutions mentioned above where appropriate,

resources for literacy assessment, learning and

evaluation of the children’s educational and cultural

development;

(j)

collaborate with schools to foster the necessary

awareness on the benefits to be derived from the

educational and cultural development necessary to

fully participate in society.

There shall be a Board to be styled the Board of the

Institute for Child and Parent Learning Support whose function

shall be to ensure the achievement of the aims of the Institute and

to be responsible for the administration and operations of the

affairs of the Institute.

In the carrying out of its functions, the Board shall be

accountable to the Minister and to the Director General of the

Division of Education.

The Board shall be appointed by the Minister and shall be

composed of

(a) a Chairperson nominated by the Minister;

(b) the Director of the Department for Student Services of

the Division of Education, or his representative, ex

officio, who shall serve as Deputy Chairperson;

(c) a representative from the Department of Curriculum

Management of the Division of Education;

(d) two representatives from the Faculty of Education of

the University of Malta;

(e) a parent nominated by the Association of School

Councils;

(f)

up to three other members nominated by the Minister

from amongst persons who, in his opinion, can

adequately contribute to the aims of the Institute.

The Board shall have a secretary appointed by the

Minister.

The functions of the Board shall be to -

(a) determine the policy of the Institute in accordance

with the aims of the Institute;

(b) recommend policy changes and advise on the

development of a comprehensive national strategy and

plan to combat illiteracy, absenteeism and school

failure;

(c) ensure the development, implementation and

monitoring of the effective management of educational

support programmes for both children at risk of failing

in school and their parents;

(d) ensure the adoption of effective approaches to

empower, support and motivate parents to become

partners in the development and implementation of

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educational support programmes;

(e) ensure collaboration with other bodies, local and

foreign, including non-governmental organisations,

groups and individuals working in the same field, as

necessary to achieve the aims of the Institute;

(f)

ensure that the staff team undertakes training and

operational research to establish the effectiveness of

strategies and methodologies adopted to combat

failure in school;

(g) ensure the proper financial and resource management

of the Institute;

(h) seek funding and other resources from any appropriate

source to carry out its plans;

(i)

submit annual estimates of income and expenditure to

the Minister for his approval, and to administer its

financial affairs in accordance with estimates as

approved by the Minister;

(j)

commission an annual financial and outcome audit;

(k) submit an annual report of its activities, which shall

include its audited accounts, to the Minister and to the

Director General.

In order to fulfil the aims of the Institute, the Board shall

ensure that the Institute has its own qualified personnel, and for

this purpose it may enter into the necessary agreements with the

Division of Education and other agencies.