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Section 106

Power of Registrar General to refuse to register a person as a teacher

of Education Act 1996

ActIn forceProvision 112 of 162
Section 106

The Registrar General may refuse to register a person as a teacher under this Act if he is satisfied that the person—

(a)

is under the age of eighteen years;

(b)

has no qualifications to teach or has qualifications which in the opinion of the Registrar General are inadequate for the purpose;

(c)

has made a statement which is false or misleading or which he knew is false or misleading in, or in connection with his

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application for registration or has intentionally suppressed any fact which is material to the application;

(d)

suffers from some physical or mental defect or disease rendering him, in the opinion of the Registrar General, unsuitable to be a teacher;

(e)

has been convicted of an offence by a court of law and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of not less than one year or to a fine of not less than two thousand ringgit; or

(f)

is not a fit and proper person to be registered as a teacher.