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Grounds for refusal to

repster school.

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14. (1) The Director may refuse to register a school if it appears to him—

(a) that there would be any danger to persons using the proposed school premises, whether ansing inside or out- side the premises, or that there would be a risk of any such danger:

(b) that the proposed school premises are or are likely to be for any reason unsuitable for use for the purposes of a school: (c) that any provision of this Ordinance is being or will be

contravened in respect of the school;

(d) that the proposed inclusive fee is excessive having regard to the cost of maintaining and operating the school and to the standard of education to be provided:

(e) that the qualifications and experience of the proposed teachers are not adequate to ensure the satisfactory opera- tion of the school;

(ƒ) that the proposed saiaries of the teachers are not adequate

to ensure the satisfactory operation of the school:

(g) that-the proposed school premises or the equipment which is to be used by the school will not allow of satisfactory tuition in the subjects to be taught by the school:

(h) that adequate educational facilities already exist in the area

in which it is proposed to operate the school:

(i) that the composition of the proposed management com- mittee or of the proposed teaching staff is such that the school is not likely to be managed satisfactorily, or is such that the education of the pupils is not likely to be promoted -in a proper manner;

()that the composition of the proposed management com- mittee or of the proposed teaching staff is the same or substantially the same as that of a school which the Director has previously refused to register, or the registra- tion or provisional registration of which the Director has previously cancelled;

(k) that he has previously-

(i) refused to register the school; or

(ii) cancelled the registration or provisional registration of the school;

(/) that any part of the proposed school premises—

(i) was to have been used for the purposes of a school which the Director has previously refused to register: or

(ii) has been used for the purposes of a school the registration or provisional registration of which the Director has cancelled;

(m) that the school is affiliated to or connected with or in any way controlled by a foreign govemment or a department of a foreign government or an organization or group of a political nature;

(n) that in or in connexion with the application for registration any statement has been made or information has been furnished which is false in any material particular or by reason of the omission of any material particular: or to) that the proposed registered name of the school is unsuit-

able, or is the same as or similar to—

(i) the name in which another school is registered: or (ii) the name of any school the registration of which has been cancelled.

(2) The Director may also refuse to register a school if he refuses under section 35(1) to approve as the first supervisor of the school the person who is recommended to be the supervisor by the applicant for registration of the school

Security Branch. Government Secretariat.

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Annex E

March 1987.

SRD 801/2/C III.

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