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Education
Act [Chapter 25:04]
As amended as at
October 01, 2004
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Education
Act [Chapter 25:04]
Act 5/1987,
26/1991, 24/1994 (s. 70), 19/1998 (s. 15), 22/2001 (s. 4).
AN ACT
to provide for the declaration of the fundamental rights to, and objectives
of, education in Zimbabwe; to provide for the establishment, maintenance
and regulation of Government schools, Government teachers colleges and
other Government educational facilities; to provide for the establishment
and administration of non-Government schools and teachers colleges, and
for the registration and control thereof; to provide for the registration
and control of correspondence colleges and independent colleges and for
the establishment of an advisory council for such colleges; to make financial
provision for schools and teachers colleges; to provide for the transfer
of teachers to the Public Service; and to provide for matters connected
with or incidental to the foregoing.
[Date of commencement:
8th June, 1987.]
PART
I
PRELIMINARY
1 Short
title
This Act
may be cited as the Education Act [Chapter 25:04].
2 Interpretation
In this
Act—
"adult education"
means any educational training which the Minister considers suitable
for persons beyond the age of sixteen years to develop them into useful
adult members of society;
"Board"
means the National Education Advisory Board established in terms of
section twenty-eight;
"child of
school-going age" means a child of an age within such limits
as may be prescribed;
"fixed date"
means the 8th June, 1987;
"Government
school" means a school administered and controlled by the Ministry;
"hostel",
in relation to a school, means any building used for the boarding accommodation
of pupils or students attending such school;
"Minister"
means the Minister of Education or any other Minister to whom the
President may, from time to time, assign the administration of this
Act, and "Ministry" shall be construed accordingly;
"non-Government
school" means any school which is not a Government school,
whether or not it receives aid from the State;
"nursery
school" means an institution which provides for early childhood
education and care and the physical, mental and social development of
children who are not old enough to be enrolled at a primary school;
"parent",
in relation to a pupil or child, includes a guardian or any other
person who has the duty to maintain the pupil or child;
"registered",
in relation to a school, means registered or provisionally registered
in terms of section fifteen;
"responsible
authority", in relation to or a school, means the person, body
or organization responsible for the establishment and management of
the school;
"school"
means an institution, other than a correspondence college, recognized
by the Ministry, which provides school education;
"school
development committee" means a school development committee
established in terms of section thirty-six;
"school
education" means primary or secondary education for children
comprising a complete range of suitable full-time instruction and activities,
having regard to the age and sex of the children;
"school
year" means the period of twelve months ending on the 31st
December of each year;
"Secretary"
means the Secretary of the Ministry for which the Minister is responsible;
"teacher"
includes a head of a school;
"term"
means any one of the periods into which the teaching school year
is divided.
3 Application
(1) This
Act shall not apply to—
(a) the
University of Zimbabwe; or
(b) any
institution which is established, administered and controlled—
(i) under
any other enactment; or
(ii) by
any Department or Ministry of State, other than the Ministry; or
(c) any
institution which provides education which is solely religious, social
or recreational.
(2) The
Minister may, at the written request of the responsible authority of
any school, and subject to such conditions as he may specify by statutory
instrument, exempt such school from all or any provisions of
this Act that would otherwise apply to such school, and may, by like
notice, vary or revoke such exemption.
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