Education Act · 2011 Revised Edition · Part VII · Registration of Educational Institutions, Governors and Pupils
88. Registration of governors
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Subject to section 89, the Registrar General shall, upon an application duly made and after such enquiry as he may think necessary, register a person as a governor of an educational institution and shall issue to him a certificate of registration in the prescribed form.
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;
The Registrar General may, in his discretion, issue to a person applying for registration as a governor or to a person required to act temporarily as a governor, a permit, in such form as may be prescribed, to act
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appointed and registered as a manager of an educational institution under the Education (Non-Government Schools) Act, repealed by the Education Order, 2003 (S 59/03);
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in that capacity, and during the validity of the permit the person to whom it is issued shall be deemed to be registered as a governor under this Act.
A permit issued under subsection (2) may be revoked by the
Registrar General at any time and, in the case of a person applying for registration as a governor, shall cease to be valid upon the registration under this Act of the person to whom it was issued.
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;
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appointed and registered as a manager of an educational institution under the Education (Non-Government Schools) Act, repealed by the Education Order, 2003 (S 59/03);
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;
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