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Education Act Trinidad Tobago - Trinidad, Tobago / Caribbean - Posted: 24th Jan, 2015 - 12:36am
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Education Act Of Trinidad & Tobago
Education Act of Trinidad & Tobago
Here are some points from the Education Act of Trinidad & Tobago that everyone should be aware. You can read the PDF of the Act: Source 4 but here are some major points:
QUOTE 45. Where a child of compulsory school age is suspended or expelled from a private school, the principal of that school shall immediately notify the Minister.
Make sure that the teachers at the school you have your children at are actually registered with the Ministry of Education:
QUOTE 47.(1) Subject to this Act, no person is eligible to be appointed to be, or to continue to be, a teacher, unless his name is registered in the Register of Teachers hereinafter required to be kept.
Some may think that because they are in a private school they do not have to be registered, not so:
QUOTE 35.No person shall be employed in a private school as a teacher or act as a teacher therein, unless his name is registered on the Teachers’ Register.
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QUOTE (Act)Where a child of compulsory school age is suspended...
In section 45, doesn't that mean that it only applies to children of compulsory age? In other words, if the child is not of compulsory age then it does not count. For example a 17 year old that was expelled.
QUOTE (Krakyn)...Nice way to track teachers and eliminate those who are not acting in a professional way.
True, but it is hardly enforced - I'm mostly talking about the registration of teachers as I'm not privy to statistics on students expelled. There was one prestigious school that not to long ago was closed by the Ministry because all this time they were operating and they weren't even registered!
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QUOTE In section 45, doesn't that mean that it only applies to children of compulsory age? In other words, if the child is not of compulsory age then it does not count. For example a 17 year old that was expelled.
No, it doesn't work that way. Any child under the age of 18 (A minor) registered in a public or private institution falls under the responsibility of the Ministry of Education. Hence, when serious incidents occur such as drugs or weapons found in the hands of students over the age of 12, the Ministry is always informed as well as the police in the case of a weapon. If we just think it covers up to the age of 12, then most of the crimes we are hearing in schools being committed would go unpunished which is not the case.
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QUOTE (Pandora)No, it doesn't work that way.
I can imagine policy wise it does not work that way for any registered student of any school but the wording of the Act seems to clearly state that it only applies to compulsory age students which means students up to the age of 12?
QUOTE Any child under the age of 18 (A minor) registered in a public or private institution falls under the responsibility of the Ministry of Education.
Mind you I am in agreement that it should apply to any student, however often Acts are worded in such a way that they can be debated in courts otherwise someone can say a student of age 56 also counts for this. For instance the Act does not say "Under the age of 18" But rather the age where the child is compelled to go to school.
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