Approval
of first
principal of school.
Grounds for refusal to
approve principal.
Tenure of office of principal.
Grounds for
withdrawal
of approval of principal,
Approval of subsequent principals,
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(6) on any ground specified in paragraph (b), (c), (d) or (e)
of section 47 which applies to the permitted teacher.
(2) A permit to teach shall be deemed to be cancelled- (a) if the permitted teacher ceases to be employed in the
school specified in the permit; or
(b) if the registration or provisional registration of the
school specified in the permit is cancelled.
Principals.
53. (1) Within one month after the registration or provision- al registration of a school, the management committee shall recommend for the approval of the Director a teacher of the school to be the principal.
(2) Subject to section 54, the Director shall approve as the principal of the school the teacher who is recommended under subsection (1).
54. The Director may refuse to approve a teacher as the principal of a school if the Director is not satisfied that the teacher is a fit and proper person to be the principal of the school.
55. The principal of a school shall hold office until~~ (a) be ceases to be registered as a teacher, or to be permitted
to teach as a permitted teacher in the school;
(b) he resigns;
(c) the Director withdraws his approval of the principal
under section 56; or
(d) the Director approves another teacher of the school as
the principal under subsection (2) of section 57.
56. The Director may withdraw his approval of the principal of a school if it appears to the Director that the principal-
(a) is no longer a fit and proper person to be the principal; (6) is not performing the duties of the principal satisfac
torily:
(c) has ceased to perform the duties of the principal; or (d) is no longer acceptable as such to the majority of the
management committee.
57. (1) If in the case of any school-
(a) the Director refuses under section 54 to approve a teacher who has been recommended to be the principal;
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(b) the principal ceased under section 55 to hold office; (c) the principal ceases to perform the duties of the prin-
cipal; or
(d) the principal is no longer acceptable as such to the
majority of the management committee,
the management committee shall within one month recommend for the approval of the Director another teacher of the school to be the principal.
(2) Subject to section 54, the Director shall approve as the principal of the school the teacher who is recommended under subsection (1).
58. (1) The principal of a school shall, subject to the direc- tions of the management committee, be responsible for the teach- ing and discipline of the school and for such purposes shall have authority over the teachers and pupils of the school.
(2) The Director may address the principal of a school on any matter relating to the teaching and discipline in the school, and in such case the principal shall conduct correspondence directly with the Director.
PART V.
APPEALS.
59. (1) For the purposes of this Part, there shall be an Appeals Board appointed in accordance with subsection (2).
(2) The Governor shall by notice in the Gazette appoint- (a) not less than nine persons as members of the Appeals Board, of whom at least three shall be registered teachers;
(b) one of the persons appointed under paragraph (a) as
chairman of the Appeals Board.
(3) A member of the Appeals Board shall hold office for such period as may be specified in such notice.
(4) Subject to subsection (5), five members of the Appeals Board shall be quorum.
(5) The Appeals Board shall not hear or determine any appeal concerning the registration of a teacher or the cancellation of the registration of a teacher unless at least three of the members comprising the quorum are registered teachers.
Functions of principal.
The Appeals
Board.