For the purposes of Section 29 of the Organic Law on Provincial Government, it is declared that this Act relates to a matter of national interest.
Education Act (Chapter 163)
| Coming into Force | 01 July 1983 |
| Year | 1983 |
| Published date | 01 July 1983 |
| Revision Date | 01 October 2021 |
| Type of Document | Historic Legislation |
[Education Act (Chapter 163) consolidated to No 36 of 2020]
INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA.
CHAPTER No. 163.
Education Act.
Being an Act to provide for the National Education System and to make provision—
(a) for—
(i) national responsibility; and
(ii) provincial responsibility,
in the field of education, having regard to the Organic Law on Provincial Governments and Local-level Governments; and
(b) for compliance with Section 52 of that Law,
and for related purposes.
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—
"appointment", in relation to the appointment of teaching staff at a school, includes an acting appointment made under Section 71 of the Teaching Service Act 1988;
"approved plan for education" means a plan for the establishment, maintenance and development of schools and other educational facilities and services—
(a) in the country as a whole; or
(b) as approved under—
(i) Division II.2; or
(ii) a provincial law;
"Board of Studies" means a body established by the Minister for the purposes of Section 27(1);
"church" includes mission;
"the commencement date" means 1 July 1983, being the date on which the Education Act 1983 came into force;
"the Commission for Higher Education" . . . [Repealed].
"the Commission" means the Teaching Service Commission;
"community school" means a school established under this Act for the purpose of providing community school education;
"community school education" means full time education in accordance with curricula determined under Section 27;
"Department of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology" . . . [Repealed]
"district education plan" means the district education plan under Section 8;
"education agency" means the State, a provincial government or an organization or person recognized under Division III.5 or under a provincial law as an education agency for the purposes of the National Education System and of this Act;
"the education agency" in relation to a school means the State, a provincial government or an organization or person conducting the school;
"education authority" means an authority specified in Section 5;
"Education Board" means, in relation to—
(a) the National Capital District—the National Capital District Education Board established under Section 31; and
(b) a province that does not have in force a provincial law relating to education matters—the Provincial Education Board established under Section 31; and
(c) any other province—the Provincial Education Board established under a provincial law,
and does not include the National Education Board except where a declaration has been made under Section 19 declaring a school or class of schools to be a national institution or national institutions;
"the Education Gazette" means the publication known as the Papua New Guinea Education Gazette published under the authority of the Departmental Head;
"elementary education", in relation to a student, means a full-time education comprising a preparatory class and Grades 1 and 2 in accordance with Section 27 and in a language spoken by the...
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