Education Act 1996 · Updated to 1 Jul 2020 · Chapter 10 · Religious Teaching in Educational Institutions
50. Teaching of the Islamic religion
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
Where in an educational institution there are five or more pupils professing the Islamic religion, such pupils shall be given religious teaching in Islam by teachers approved by the State
educational institution
“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
Authority.
The teaching required in an educational institution under subsection (1) shall be for a period of at least two hours a week within the period of general teaching of the educational institution, or within
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such other period as the Minister may, in the case of any particular educational institution, appoint.
The governors or other persons responsible for the management of an educational institution required to provide teaching under this section shall make such arrangements as may be necessary for that purpose.
The governors or other persons responsible for the management of two or more educational institutions may, with the approval of the Registrar, make arrangements for teaching under this section to be given to the pupils professing the Islamic religion in the educational institutions jointly.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar Educational Institutions and Teachers appointed under subsection 5(3) and includes the Registrar General; Education 23
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
Registrar
Defined · s 2“Registrar” means the Registrar Educational Institutions and Teachers appointed under subsection 5(3) and includes the Registrar General; Education 23
State Authority
Defined · s 2“State Authority” means the Ruler or Yang di-Pertua Negeri of a State and, in the case of a Federal Territory, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong;
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