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ACTS SUPPLEMENT No. 8 29th August, 2008. ACTS SUPPLEMENT to The Uganda Gazette No. 44 Volume CI dated 29th August, 2008. Printed by UPPC, Entebbe, by Order of the Government. |
Education Act 13 (Pre-Primary, Primary and Post-Primary) Act 2008 THE EDUCATION (PRE-PRIMARY, PRIMARY AND POST-PRIMARY) ACT, 2008 |
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section Part I—Preliminary
Part II—Roles And Powers of the Minister
Part III—Provision of Education and Training
Part IV—Structure of Education
Part V—Registration And Licensing of Teachers
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Section 18 Refusal to renew a licence.
Part VI—Control And Management of Schools.
Part VII—Special Provisions Relating To Private Schools
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Part VIII—Quality Control of Education
Part IX—Miscellaneous Provisions
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B: Application for registration as a teacher C: Statement of eligibility D: License to teach E: Delegation of functions by Permanent Secretary, Chief Administrative officer or Town Clerk
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THE EDUCATION (PRE-PRIMARY, PRIMARY AND POST-PRIMARY) ACT, 2008. An Act to amend, consolidate and stream line the existing law relating to the development and regulation of education and training, to repeal the Education Act and to provide for other related matters. Date of Assent: 26th August, 2008. Date of Commencement: 29th August, 2008. Be it enacted by Parliament as follows: Part I—Preliminary
The objectives of the Act are—
functions and services by Government;
services;
of Government;
and Training Policy of Government;
providing education services; |
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“annual general meeting” means an annual general meeting referred to in the Second Schedule to the Act; “authority” means a district council, city council, city division, council, municipal council, division council, town council, municipal division douncil or sub-county council; “basic education” means the minimum education package of learning made available to each individual or citzen through phases of formal primary education and non- formal education system to enable him or her be a good and useful person in society; “board” means a board of governors of a school; “chairperson” means a Chairperson of the Management Committee or Board of Governors; “Chief Administrative Officer or Town Clerk” means a person appointed by the Public Service Commission to be the executive head of the district or municipal council; “currency point” has a value assigned to it in the First Schedule to this Act; “DES” acronym for Directorate of Education Standards; “Director of Education” means the head of the Directorate of Education in the Ministry responsible for education, whose role is to guide, direct, co-ordinate and ensure the performance of education in the whole of Uganda; “District Education Officer” means an officer appointed either by Government or a local government to assist in the administration of education services; |
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“Education Officer” includes an officer appointed by either the Education Service Commission or by the district service commission to assist in the administration of education services; “financial year” means the financial year of the Government; “formal education” means a package of learning made available by recognised schools and institutions following approved curriclum standards and guidelines; “formal training” means instructions given in schools, training institutions or specifically designed training areas, usually conducted within a structured program with precise training objectives; “foundation body” means an individual or group or organization which founds and manages an education institution; “functions” includes powers and duties; “Government” means the Government of Uganda; “Government founded school or institution” means a school or institution founded by government; “Government grant aided school” means a school not founded by the Government but which receives statutory grants in the form of aid from Government and is jointly managed by the foundation body and Government; “Grants’ includes annual recurrent and capital grants from Government, salaries and wages capitation and instructional materials; “Head teacher” includes a headmistress, headmaster, principal or director of a school; “International institution” means a private educational institution offering foreign curricula and examinations and certification; |
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Education Act 13 (Pre-Primary, Primary and Post-Primary) Act 2008 “Inspector of schools” means a person appointed for the purposes of quality control by the Education Service Commission or district service commission; “local government” means a local council established under subsection (2) to (5) of section 3 of the Local Government Act; “Management committee” means a legal body established to manage a primary school; “Minister” means the Minister responsible for education; “a non-formal education” means a complementary flexible package of learning designed in consultation with the indigenous community to suit the demands and lifestyles of the community and to enrich the indigenous knowledge, values and skills with particular emphasis to literacy, numeracy and writing skills; “Permanent Secretary” means the Permanent Secretary of the ministry responsible for education; “private school’ means a school not founded by government and which does not receive statutory grants from Government; “public service” has the same meaning as in the Constitution; “pupil” means a person receiving instruction in any subject at a primary school and enrolled as a pupil on a register in that school; “school” means an institution in which not less than eighty or in special circumstances, not less than ten persons receive regular instruction or an institution which provides instruction by correspondence, but does not include— |
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purpose of receiving religious instruction;
instruction; or
purpose of receiving instruction in any subject which the Minister has declared by regulations to be outside this Act. “standing committee of education” includes a sub-committee of a sub-county, municipality, municipal division or parish council to which functions have been delegated by the district council’s standing committee responsible for education; “school owner” includes the foundation body or person which or who is wholly or partially responsible for the ongoing activities of the school; “statutory grants” means salary, capital development grants, capitation grants and instructional material grants given to the Government-aided schools at a rate determined by Government from time to time; “student” means a person studying in a post primary institution; “teacher” means a person who has successfully completed a course of training approved by the Ministry responsible for education and has been entered in the Register of Teachers or a person licensed by the Ministry responsible for education to teach and has been entered on the roll of teachers; “tertiary education” means post-secondary institutions other than universities which confer certificates, diplomas or degrees; “trade” means a skilled occupation; |
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Education Act 13 (Pre-Primary, Primary and Post-Primary) Act 2008 “training” means a process of preparing or being prepared for a job that is bringing a person to a desired standard or efficiency by instruction and practice; “trainee” means a person undergoing instruction to acquire competence for a job; “UPE” means the State funded universal primary education programme where tuition fees are paid by Government where the principle of equitable access to conducive, quality, relevant and affordable education is emphasised for all children of all sexes, categories and in special circumstances; “UPPET” means universal post primary education and training; “USE” means the state funded universal secondary education programme providing obstacle free post primary education. Part II—Roles And Powers of the Minister
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reforms of education as the need arises; and
instruments regarding Universal Primary Education, Universal Post Primary Education and Training, school meals, school charges, school uniforms, management and governance of education institutions in accordance with this Act.
Part III—Provision of Education and Training
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(1) Government through its relevant agencies shall be responsible for—
structural development and teachers welfare;
training;
education;
assessment and national examinations;
non teaching staff;
(j) ensuring equitable distribution of education institutions; (k) regulating, establishing, and registering of Educational institutions;
(m) ensuring supervision of performance in both public and schools; and |
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their children;
curriculum.
their foundation;
values and attitudes in schools of their foundation;
of education and services; and
monitoring and reviewing of the curriculum. |
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programmes are required;
education programmes; and
programmes.
Education institutions shall be categorized as—
institutions;
making, and international institutions; and
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Responsibility of Government in a Government and a grant-aided education institution includes the following—
institutions and deploying such heads to institutions in consultation with foundation bodies;
staff;
inputs;
pupils or students to be enrolled;
and non teaching; and
education institutions.
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Part IV—Structure of Education
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standards for school buildings, equipment and other relevant facilities for pre-primary institutions through its relevant agencies;
primary teachers and ensure that the teachers who teach in pre-primary institutions have the necessary qualifications; and
pupils aged 6 (six) years and above which shall last seven years;
primary education cycle of seven years; and
before completing primary education cycle attains basic education through alternative approaches to providing that education.
of ordinary secondary and advanced secondary schooling respectively;
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Part V—Registration And Licensing Of Teachers
No person shall teach in any public or private school of any description unless he or she is registered as a teacher or licensed to teach under this Act.
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which a fine of not less than five currency points or term of imprisonment of not less than three months has been imposed; |
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the Education Service Commission or the Director of Education, render the teacher an unsuitable person for employment as a teacher;
or in the administration of education services for a continuous period of five years; or
or her registration.
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Director of Education may specify; or
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for which a fine of not less than five currency points or imprisonment for not less than two and a half months has been imposed;
Director of Education renders the teacher an unsuitable person for employment as a teacher; or
or her license to teach.
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or she may specify; or
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Any person who—
has been notified of the cancellation of his or her registration or licence to teach;
in his or her school after he or she has been notified of the cancellation of the registration or to teach;
registration or licence to teach;
any provision of this Act, commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty currency points or to a trem of imprisonment not exceeding ten months. Part VI—Control And Management of Schools
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district education officer and the relevant foundation body, in a format prescribed by the Director of Education standards with respect to the school or any aspect of it, including any building, workshop, dormitory, hostel or kitchen used in connection with the education institution and any other building or property on the site of the school;
temporarily remove any books or records for the purpose of inspection or audit.
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Subject to any written law, District or Municipal Councils’ Standing Committees for Education shall be responsible for the over sight role of all educational services decentralized to a district, municipal, town council, division and subcounty.
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and the execution of documents of the board of governors and school management committee;
or management committee and the delegation of powers to such committees or to officers of the school;
governors or school management committee;
committee in relation to the staff of the school or group of schools;
management committee;
accounts and audit of such accounts. |
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committee from the exercise and performance of its functions, and appoint a person or persons to exercise and perform the functions of the board of governors or school management committee for a period not exceeding six months; or
or school management committee, and appoint in their place new members.
There shall be established students councils in all post primary institutions in Uganda which shall be organised and managed in accordance with the Constitution of the Uganda National Students’ Association. |
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education development plan prepared or approved by the committee responsible for education for a given area; and
needs of the country or area, as the case may be.
titles for the proposed new school or for extension or alterations to some existing building, as the case may be, approved by the district education committees;
appropriate authorities;
Permanent Secretary, chief administrative officer or town clerk, is suitable for the type of School he intends to establish; |
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or town clerk, that the teachers to be engaged in the education institution are eligible to teach in the type of school he or she intends to establish and the facilities for it are adequate for the school it purports to be;
pupils are or will be adequately provided for;
pupil on any discriminatory grounds;
special needs;
ownership; and
or town clerk, that the terms and conditions of service of employment for teaching and non-teaching staff are adequate.
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of the land title or evidence of tenancy on which the school is established;
than a graduate registered teacher in the case of a post primary school and a diploma holder registered teacher in case of a primary school.
provided therein; and
according to the stage, nature or method of education to be provided therein. |
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section 35; and
If, after a period of two school years, the Permanent Secretary, chief administrative officer or town clerk, is satisfied—
organized, then, he or she shall issue a certificate of registration and classification;
been fulfilled, he or she may—
exceeding one school year; or
The Permanent Secretary, chief administrative officer or town clerk, shall maintain a register of private schools classified by him or her under section 33 in which he or she shall enter the particulars of every private education institution classified by him or her.
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31(3);
of this Act;
comply with the requirements of the notice served upon him or her under section 45.
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If the Permanent Secretary, chief administrative officer or town clerk, is satisfied that a proposed extension to an existing registered school cannot properly be administered as part of the existing registered education institution, he or she may require the school owner to apply for classification of the proposed extension as a new school.
A school owner who is aggrieved by a decision of the Permanent Secretary, chief administrative officer or town clerk—
be classified as a new school; or
registration and ordering the closure of his or her school, may, within thirty working days beginning with the day on which the decision of the Permanent Secretary, chief administrative officer or town clerk, was communicated to him or her, appeal to an appeals tribunal. |
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A person who—
registered in accordance with the provisions of this Act;
classification and registration of which are cancelled; or
part of an existing registered school in contravention of section 38, commits an offence and shall be liable on first conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty currency points and on second or subsequent conviction, to a term of imprisonment not exceeding twelve months.
An owner of a school which has been closed by order of the Permanent Secretary, chief administrative officer or town clerk, made under section
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Part VIII—Quality Control of Education.
There shall be established a Directorate responsible for standards in all education institutions in Uganda whose function shall be— |
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and provision through planned series of inspections;
effectiveness of education programmes of institutions and agencies throughout Uganda;
evaluation, and to encourage evaluation and selfevaluation systems, using appropriate quality indicators, within the education service;
education at all levels;
support for and the dissemination of good practice, and thus to improve the quality of practice in the education service as a whole, and in particular aspects;
provision and practice at all levels of education; and
quality control in education.
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ensuring that targets and service standards are achieved; and
to monitor the effectiveness of the Directorate’s inspection procedures and practices.
To ensure effective implementation of national policies and adherence to performance standards on the part of local governments, and consistency with sections 96, 97 and 98 of the Local Governments Act, the Directorate shall incorporate the municipal and district inspectors as associate assessors in all its regional or national inspection programs as the need may arise. Part IX—Miscellaneous Provisions
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case of a second offence;
subsequent offences; or
imprisonment as the case may be.
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institution; and
from the register of private education institutions.
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The Minister may, by statutory instrument, make regulations for all or any of the following matters—
schools;
under the Act;
description of category including the composition, procedures and functions of boards of governors and management committees, the establishment of boards and committees and appointments to such boards and committees;
taken after such courses;
governing any examination held under the authority of the Permanent Secretary, chief administrative officer or town clerk;
revoking any of the Schedules to this Act and the Minister shall not have the power to delegate this function; and (j) providing for any matter necessary for giving full effect to the provisions of this Act. |
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This Act shall not apply to universities or any other tertiary institutions.
The Minister may, with the approval of Cabinet, by statutory instrument exempt an education institution from the application of this Act.
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deemed to have been made under this Act;
shall be construed as referring to the corresponding provision of the Act;
license, any orders, directions or other acts lawfully done under any provision of the repealed Act and in force immediately before the coming into force of this Act shall be deemed to have been made, or done under the corresponding provision under this Act and shall continue in force until it expires, or until it is revoked or cancelled; and
subsisting at the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been made and done under the corresponding provision of this Act.
127-1);
127 - 3); and
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Education Act 13 (Pre-Primary, Primary and Post-Primary) Act 2008 SCHEDULES. FIRST SCHEDULE Section 2, 59 CURRENCY POINT A currency point is equivalent to twenty thousand shillings. |
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Education Act 13 (Pre-Primary, Primary and Post-Primary) Act 2008 SECOND SCHEDULE Section 58, 59 THE EDUCATION (MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE) REGULATIONS. Part I—Preliminary
These regulations may be cited as the Education (Management Committee) Regulations.
These Regulations shall apply to the management of primary schools whether Government or privately owned. Part II—Management Committee
foundation body, at least two of whom shall be women;
councils standing committee responsible for education;
be the Secretary in-charge of education at a parish council, or the subcounty chief or his or her representative;
whichever is the case;
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elected by the staff at a staff meeting;
at a meeting of the association of former students, if any, of the respective institution.
The appointment of any member of a management committee shall be approved by the district education officer in consultation with district councils’ standing committee responsible for education on behalf of the district council.
A management committee shall have a secretary who shall be the headteacher of the School.
Membership of the School Management Committee shall be by oath and deemed to be primarily voluntary service to the community. Part III—Tenure of Office
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committee for more than three consecutive meetings of the school management committee;
as a teacher;
Executive of a local government other than secretary responsible for education; or
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The quorum at any meeting of a management committee shall be a third of the membership including the representative of the parents and two of the foundation body. |
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Whenever there is any matter before a management committee in which a member is interested in whatever manner, he or she shall declare his or her interest and shall withdraw from the meeting for the duration of the discussion in relation to the subject matter in which he or she has interest.
A management committee may co-opt any person as it may consider desirable for the transaction of its business at any meeting of the committee, but any person so co-opted shall have no power to vote. Part IV—Minutes
county, town council, municipality or divisions council;
and
Part V—Functions of A Management Committee
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Part VI—Sub Committees
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management committee to be chairperson of the sub-committee;
directions of the school management committee; and
necessary to conduct any business delegated to it by the School management committee and the meeting shall be convened by the chairperson.
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down by the Ministry responsible for education;
Government and grant aided primary school;
for the collection of school fees, where applicable, for example, to non-UPE pupils and mid-day meals in the case of City and municipality Councils;
school disciplinary committee, which committee shall comprise all the members of the teaching staff of the school to deal with cases of suspensions or to consider cases of expulsion of pupils from school; and
of the school disciplinary committee to the management committee which shall, after considering the report, decide whether or not the pupil shall be expelled from the school, and in the case of expulsion, if the pupil is aggrieved by the decision of the management committee, such pupil may appeal to the education officer in-charge of education in the local government;
with regulation 193 of the Local Government Financial and Accounting Regulations (SI 243-15) and instructions from the chief administrative officer in whose jurisdiction the school is located; |
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community and other stakeholders; (j) draw up plans for the school and make an annual budget for approval by the school management committee; the budget shall include capital development to be undertaken during that particular period; (k) make the school pupil friendly and especially to the girl-child and pupils with disabilities;
(m) establish a school disciplinary committee, composed of all teachers; (n) seek permission from the school management committee in case of access and use of the school facilities by the local community; (o) give information and advise to the management committee as it may need when required to do so; and (p) furnish a termly report and an annual committee report to the management committee, L.C.3 executive, municipality or division, to the education officer in-charge of education in the local government and the foundation body on his or her conduct of the affairs of the school, which shall include such information as the education officer in-charge of education in the local government may request.
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Where a management committee rejects the advice of the headteacher on a major issue, he or she may require that his or her advice and its rejection be brought to the notice of the education officer in-charge of education in the local government. Part VIII—Inspection Report
Any inspection report in respect of the school shall be submitted by the headteacher to the management committee, sub-county, municipality or division and the foundation body together with his or her comments in the report.
The education officer in-charge of education in the local government shall provide a quarterly report to the Chief Executive and to the district education officer in the local government and the foundation body giving an overview of the education activities in the District. |
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respect of pupils, where applicable; and
except that no exclusion of pupil from school arising from his or her failure to pay any charge under paragraph (d) of this regulation, shall be effected without reference to the management committee.
Part X—Accounts And Audit
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A management committee shall—
school equipment and which shall be open to inspection by the management committee and by the education officer in-charge of education in the local government or his or her authorized representative; and
least once in a year.
A management committee shall have powers to write-off worn-out or obsolute equipment subject to the approval of the Education officer incharge of education in the local government, or to direct such equipment to be sold, given away or destroyed.
When the accounts have been audited, the auditor shall forward one copy to the chief administrative officer to be forwarded to the district council, and a copy to the district public accounts committee, a copy to sub-county executive committee, city or municipal division, a copy to the chairperson of the school management committee, and a copy to the foundation body.
A management committee shall meet and discuss with the education officer in-charge of education in the local government any matters arising from their audited accounts and shall pass records of such discussion to the chief administrative officer for his or her comments. |
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Part XII—Miscellaneous
Suits by or against management committee, or school, shall not be filed against the names of the members of the school management committee. |
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Education Act 13 (Pre-Primary, Primary and Post-Primary) Act 2008 THIRD SCHEDULE Section 58, 59 THE EDUCATION (BOARD OF GOVERNORS) REGULATIONS. Part I—Preliminary
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Board of Governors) Regulations
These Regulations shall apply to the management of all post primary educational institutions other than universities and other tertiary institutions not provided for by the Act. Part II—Board of Governors.
There shall be a board of governors for every post-primary school governed by these regulations consisting of—
foundation body at least one of whom shall be women;
councils’ standing committee responsible for education;
general meeting one of whom shall be the treasurer of the parents teachers’ association;
meetings;
association of former students, if any, of the respective institutions. |
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A person shall not hold office as chairperson, vice-chairman or be member of more than three boards at the same time.
The Minister or District Secretary for education may at any time remove a person from membership of the board if he or she is satisfied that the member—
creditors;
consecutive meetings of the Board;
moral turpitude;
unable or unfit to discharge the functions of a member or is unsuitable to continue as a member of the Board;
as a teacher;
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The Board may—
respect of any expenses incurred by that member in attending to the business of the board; and
allowances as the Minister or the district secretary for education, may approve. Part III—Functions of Boards of Governors.
For the avoidance of doubt, a board shall have the functions conferred on it by Minister or district secretary for education. |
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A board shall also—
Regulations subject to any directions which may be given to it by the Minister or district secretary for education, in writing on matters of general policy;
immovable;
way of fund-raising or auction, on behalf of the school;
fees and other charges with the approval of the Minister; and
Regulations. Part IV—Meetings of A Board.
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notice; and
hours’ notice.
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membership of the board shall constitute a quorum; and
including at least one representative each (if any) of parents and of foundation body shall constitute a quorum.
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and
Part V—Committees of Boards.
students welfare committee.
A committee of the board shall have such functions as the board may delegate to it.
chairperson of the committee;
directions of the board; and |
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Each committee shall ensure that proper minutes are taken and recorded at each of its meetings and a copy of the minutes recorded shall be forwarded to the board within seven days. Part VI—Headteacher and Other Staff.
The headteacher of a school shall—
charge and custody of and be responsible for, all books, deeds, documents and all other property of the school, both movable and immovable.
him or her subject to the general directions of the Board and any act done or omitted to be done by him or her in the exercise of those functions shall be deemed to have been or omitted to be done by the board;
domestic organization and conduct of the school; |
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to the direction of the Permanent Secretary.
the directions issued by the Ministry responsible for education.
suspend a student from attendance at school and shall immediately report any such exclusion, suspension, to the board and the Permanent Secretary, chief administrative officer or town clerk for consideration and recommendation to the Minister or district secretary for education as the case may be, whose decision on the matter shall be final;
present an account of such expenditure to the board as from time to time required by the board.
board and a final balance sheet and the auditor’s report for the annual accounts at every annual general meeting;
taken against a member of staff who is a public officer and the board shall recommend to the Permanent Secretary, chief administrative officer or town clerk for appropriate action to be taken; (j) advise the board when required to do so, but if the board rejects his or her advice, the headteacher may then require the board to notify the Permanent Secretary, chief administrative officer or town clerk of his or her advice and the board’s rejection of it and the board shall comply with the request; (k) at least once a year, furnish a report on his or her conduct of the affairs of the school and such other information as the Permanent Secretary, chief administrative officer or town clerk may require to be furnished to the board, and the Permanent Secretary, chief administrative officer or town clerk; |
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(l) through school religious activities or any other means ensure that moral values are taught and upheld in the school; In so doing, regard shall be accorded to the religious traditions of the foundation body, except that the headteacher shall not require any student to receive denominational or instruction or attend denominational or religious observances against the wish of such student’s, parents or guardians if they are of a different denomination or religion; and (m) ensure that;
on every school day accompanied by the singing of the three verses of the National Anthem;
which the members of staff shall brief the students on major national and international events;
maintenance and up-keep of the school;
work outside the school premises; and
the school community may conduct cultural performance, exhibitions, sports activities and any other activity to entertain guests.
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A board may receive funds on behalf of a school—
by parents for the welfare of the students;
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duly recorded resolution of the board at its meeting.
The cost of renewing any property or equipment or any part of the fund account property or equipment or of the board shall be charged to a depreciation fund account established for the purpose in accordance with accounting instructions issued from time to time, by the appropriate officer of the Ministry responsible for education.
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Where the board has lawfully incurred expenditure which has been approved in the estimates of the board it may—
chief administrative officer or town clerk of the Ministry responsible for education has consented, obtain an advance of money by way of a temporary loan or overdraft from a bank or any other financial institution for the purpose of defraying that expenditure; and any other such advance and interest on it shall constitute a debt due by the board to be charged upon the assets and revenues of the board until repaid.
the matters in respect of which receipt and expenditure take place; and
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secretary for education; and
proceeding year and is in agreement with the books of accounts; and
account of the school for the financial year.
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Part VII—Miscellaneous.
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member authorized by the board to authenticate the seal; and
authorized to act in that behalf.
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Where under these regulations, a notice is required or permitted to be served on any person, the notice may be served by the board—
business of the person to be served with a person apparently over the age of sixteen years and apparently residing at that place or in the case of a place of business, apparently in-charge of or employed at that place;
usual or last known place of residence or business of that person; or
jurisdiction may, on application made to it in that behalf, direct.
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Education Act 13 (Pre-Primary, Primary and Post-Primary) Act 2008 FOURTH SCHEDULE Section 12 (5), 57 forma MINISTRY OF (State name of Ministry) CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION (Issued under section 12(5) of the Education Act 2007) This is to Certify that |
having completed satisfactorily a teacher training course approved by the Ministry has been registered as a Grade ...................... Graduate Trained Teacher with effect from...................................................................... His or Her Registration No is.......................................................... |
Date..................................... Director of Education Endorsement .............................................................................................................. |
Date..................................... Director of Education |
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Education Act 13 (Pre-Primary, Primary and Post-Primary) Act 2008 FORMB (Section 13(2), 57 MINISTRY OF (State name of Ministry) APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION AS A TEACHER (Under Section 13(2) of the Education Act, 2007) To: The Director of Education Ministry of (State name of Ministry) P O Box 7063 Kampala Thru: The head of Institution or D.E.O. |
Surname in block letters: Other names: Sex: Address: Date and place of birth: ------------------------------------------------------ Citizenship: Teaching or proposing to teach at (institution)__________________________ Give details of School or Colleges attended From To Month Year Month Year |
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Education Act 13 (Pre-Primary, Primary and Post-Primary) Act 2008 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SPORTS APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION AS A TEACHER (Under Section 13(2) of the Education Act, 2007) Training and qualifications obtained; Certificates, Diplomas, Degrees (Pass or Honours) (delete where not applicable) From: Month______________________ Year_______________ To: Month_________________________ Year______________ FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Applicant qualifies or does not qualify Reg. No._________________________________________ Reasons:_______________________________________________________ |
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Education Act 13 (Pre-Primary, Primary and Post-Primary) Act 2008 formc (Section 17(1)) THE MINISTRY OF (State name of Ministry) P. O. Box 7063 KAMPALA STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY. (Issued under section 17 of the Education Act, 2007) WHEREAS Mr./Mrs./Ms............................................................................................ has applied for the issue of a statement of eligibility under section 17(1) of the Education Act 2007, to enable him or her to be entered on the roll licensed with a licence to teach: AND WHEREAS having considered his or qualifications or educational standard, I am satisfied that the applicant is a fit person to be issued with a statement of eligibility. NOW THEREFORE this is to certify that I .......................................................... Have issued a statement of eligibility to .......................................................... under section 17(1) of the Act and I have accordingly entered his or her name on the roll of licensed teachers - under section 17(1). Fee Payable:................................................................ |
Signed: ................................................. Director ofEducation |
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Education Act 13 (Pre-Primary, Primary and Post-Primary) Act 2008 FORM D (Section 17(4) MINISTRY OF (State name of Ministry)
LICENCE TO TEACH The person named below, the holder of a statement of eligibility No.........................
whose name is on the roll of licensed teachers, is hereby licensed to teach Full Name: _______ Subject:__________ Type of School:____ Class/Classes:_____ Name of School:___ Licence No.: ______ Fee Payable: Shs Date_____________ |
Date of Expiry |
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FORM E Section 52(2) DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS BY PERMANENT SECRETARY, CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OR TOWN CLERK |
I................................. (name) Permanent Secretary, chief administrative officer or town clerk hereby delegate to .................................................... (public officer) the following of my functions -
This delegation shall be effective until................................. (date) and shall be subject to the following conditions, exceptions or qualifications |
Dated this............... day of....................................... , 200. |
Signed Permanent Secretary, chief administrative officer or town clerk |
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Cross reference The Constitution The Education Act, Cap. 127 The Local Governments Act, Cap. 243 |
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