9. Power of Minister to issue special directions

Terms defined in s 2

• educational institution

  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;

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• governor

  governor

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  “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appointed and registered as a manager of an educational institution under the Education (Non-Government Schools) Act, repealed by the Education Order, 2003 (S 59/03);

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• head teacher

  head teacher

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  “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;

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• Minister

  Minister

  Defined · s 2

  “Minister” means the Minister responsible for education;

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• principal

  principal

  Defined · s 2

  “principal” has the same meaning as “head teacher”;

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