145. Service of notices, etc.

(1)

Any notice, order or communication, which is required to be, or which may be, sent to or served on—

(a)

a chairman of a board of governors, governor or other person responsible for the management, or an employee, of an educational institution registered under this Act, may be

Education 93

served by letter addressed to the chairman, governor, person or employee at the registered address of the educational institution or may be served by affixing the notice, order or communication on a conspicuous part of the premises of the educational institution as the Registrar

General may deem fit;

(b)

a person applying for the registration of an educational institution or for registration as a teacher, a governor or an employee may be served by letter addressed to the person at the address stated in his application form;

(c)

a registered teacher may be served by letter addressed to the educational institution or address last reported to the

Registrar General under section 116;

(d)

the holder of a permit to teach issued under section 114 may be served by letter addressed to the educational institution in respect of which the permit was issued; and

(e)

any person other than persons specified in paragraphs (a)

to (d) may be served by letter addressed to the person at his last-known place of residence.

(2)

Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(a), if the chairman of the board of governors of an educational institution has not been appointed, a notice, order or communication for service on the chairman may be addressed to or served upon the person who, in the opinion of the

Registrar General, is in charge of the educational institution.

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 an organization or institution, persons are habitually taught, whether in one or more classes, and includes a kindergarten and a distance education centre but does not include— (a) any place where the teaching is confined exclusively to the teaching of any religion; or (b) any place declared by the Minister by notification in the Gazette not to be an educational institution for the purposes of this Act; Education 19
Open s 2
employee
Defined · s 2
“employee” means a person employed by a board of governors, other than a governor, a teacher or such other person as may be appointed or nominated by the Minister under subsection 58(2) or 61(2), as the case may be, employed or actively taking part in work connected with the running or the administration of an educational institution;
Open s 2
governor
Defined · s 2
“governor” means a person who is empowered under an instrument of government to administer or manage an educational institution;
Open s 2
place
Defined · s 2
“place” means any place, whether public or private;
Open s 2
premises
Defined · s 2
“premises” means any building used as an educational institution and includes any building for the purpose of providing accommodation and other facilities for pupils and staff of the institution but does not include any land occupied therewith;
Open s 2
registered teacher
Defined · s 2
“registered teacher” means any teacher registered under this Act;
Open s 2
Registrar General
Defined · s 2
“Registrar General” means the Registrar General of Educational Institutions and Teachers appointed under subsection 5(1), and includes the Deputy Registrar General of Educational Institutions and Teachers appointed under subsection 5(2);
Open s 2
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;
Open s 2

Report

Part XVI

Transitional and Repeal

Read on from Part XVI

145. Service of notices, etc.

Terms defined in s 2

Transitional and Repeal

Schedules