Education Act · 2011 Revised Edition · Part IX · Inspection of Educational Institutions
112. Powers of Registrar General on inspection of registered educational institutions
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Pursuant to section 111, the Registrar General may —
Registrar General
“Registrar General” means the Registrar General of Educational Institutions and Teachers appointed under section 5(1) and includes the Deputy Registrar General of Educational Institutions and Teachers appointed under the same section;
enter any premises and examine such book, document, electronic media material or other article as he may consider necessary; and
remove and detain any book, document, electronic media material or other article which appears to him to be detrimental to the
Education interests of the public or the pupils or which, in his opinion, may furnish evidence of the commission of an offence against this Act.
The Registrar General at any time whilst lawfully carrying out any inspection of an educational institution under this Act may require any person, being a member of the board of governors, an employee, a principal or head teacher, a teacher or a pupil of the educational institution, to produce for his inspection any book, document, electronic media material or other article relating to the management of, or to the teaching carried on in, the educational institution which is in that person’s possession or under his control or within his power to furnish.
educational institution
“educational institution” means a school or any other place where, in the carrying on of the work of the organisation or institution, persons are habitually taught, whether in one or more classes, and includes a pre-school class, a kindergarten and a distance education centre but does not include any place declared by the Minister by notification in the Gazette not to be an educational institution for the purposes of this Act;
Terms defined in s 2
educational institution
Defined · s 2“educational institution” means a school or any other place where, in the carrying on of the work of the organisation or institution, persons are habitually taught, whether in one or more classes, and includes a pre-school class, a kindergarten and a distance education centre but does not include any place declared by the Minister by notification in the Gazette not to be an educational institution for the purposes of this Act;
head teacher
Defined · s 2“head teacher” means, in the case of a government school, an education officer who is appointed by the Minister or, in the case of a private school, a person who is appointed under section 69(2) by the board of governors of the private educational institution;
premises
Defined · s 2“premises” means any building used as an educational institution, and includes any building for the purpose of providing accommodation and other facilities for pupils and staff of the institution but does not include any land occupied therewith;
pupil
Defined · s 2“pupil” means a person of any age for whom education or training is being provided in an educational institution;
Registrar General
Defined · s 2“Registrar General” means the Registrar General of Educational Institutions and Teachers appointed under section 5(1) and includes the Deputy Registrar General of Educational Institutions and Teachers appointed under the same section;
teacher
Defined · s 2“teacher” means a person who — (a) teaches pupils in an educational institution; or (b) prepares or issues lessons or corrects returned answers in, for or through a distance education centre, and includes a head teacher or principal;
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