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correspondence between a school and the Director or any public officer

concerning the management of the school is conducted on behalf of the

school by the supervisor. Under the Ordinance the Director may appoint

one or more persons to be additional managers of a school for such

period as he thinks fit if it appears to him that the school is not being

managed satisfactorily or that the education of the pupils is not being

promoted in a proper manner, or that the composition of the management

committee of a school is such that the school is not likely to be

managed satisfactorily or that the education is not likely to be promoted

in a proper manner. Under this provision a person so appointed is

required to perform his duties in accordance with any directions given

to him by the Director.

3.11

The Ordinance stipulates that no person shall teach in a school

unless he is a registered teacher or a permitted teacher, and that no

permitted teacher shall teach in a school otherwise than in accordance

with the conditions or limitations specified in the permit to teach.

An application to employ a person as a permitted teacher in a school

may only be made if the applicant is of the opinion that no suitable

registered teacher is available for employment as a teacher in the school.

The Ordinance states that there shall be an Appeals Board and

that the Governor shall appoint not less than nine persons as members of

the Board, of whom at least three shall be registered teachers.

3.13

3.12

Government schools, colleges and institutes are managed by

their head teachers or principals in accordance with the administrative

procedures laid down by the Director.

3.14

Additional controls are exercised by the Director over schools

These controls are in

in receipt of financial aid from the government.

the form of codes of aid, which prescribe the rules and conditions in

accordance with which the government promotes education by means of grants

to such schools as may be approved for this purpose by the Director. A

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