Education Act · 2011 Revised Edition · Part X · Inspectorate of Schools
119. General powers of Inspectors of Schools
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
For the purpose of making any inspection of an educational institution under section 115, the Director or an Inspector may —
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;
at any time enter an educational institution; and
require the chairman of the board of governors, a governor, principal, head teacher, teacher or pupil of the educational institution or any other person found in the educational institution —
governor
“governor” means a person who is empowered under an instrument of government to manage an educational institution, and includes a person appointed and registered as a manager of an educational institution under the Education (Non-Government Schools) Act, repealed by the Education Order, 2003 (S 59/03);
to produce for his inspection any timetable, syllabus or record pertaining to subjects taught or to be taught or any book, material, document or other article relating to or which in the opinion of the Inspector may relate to the teaching carried on in the educational institution or the management of the educational institution; and
to furnish the Inspector with such information relating to the teaching in, or the organisation of, the educational institution as the Inspector may demand, and which it is within the power of the chairman, governor, principal, head teacher, teacher, pupil or other person to furnish.
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Director may authorise District Education Officers to act on his behalf.
Terms defined in s 2
Director
Defined · s 2“Director” means the Director of Schools’ Inspectorate appointed under section 6(1);
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;
governor
Defined · s 2“governor” means a person who is empowered under an instrument of government to manage an educational institution, and includes a person appointed and registered as a manager of an educational institution under the Education (Non-Government Schools) Act, repealed by the Education Order, 2003 (S 59/03);
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;
pupil
Defined · s 2“pupil” means a person of any age for whom education or training is being provided in an educational institution;
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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