General Notice No. 140 of 2017

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Title	South African Schools Act (84/1996) » Regulations for the Election of School Governing Bodies of Public Schools in the Mpumalanga Province
Gazette	Provincial Gazettes (Mpumalanga), No. 2880 of 30 November, 2017, 26 page(s), 250Kb

PROVINSIALE KOERANT, BUITENGEWOON, 30 NOVEMBER 2017                No. 2880    3

NOTICE NO………………OF 2017               NOTICE 140 OF 2017
          
              Regulations for the Election of School Governing Bodies of Public Schools in the
              Mpumalanga Province.

I,  Makgabo  Reginah  Mhaule,  Member  of  the  Executive  Council  for  Education  in  the
              Mpumalanga Province, acting in terms of section 28 of the South African Schools Act,
              1996  (Act  No  84  of  1996)  hereby  publish  in  the  schedule  hereto  Regulations  for  the
              Election of School Governing Bodies of Public Schools in the Mpumalanga Province.

Mrs MR MHAULE, MPL
                                                                       MEC: EDUCATION
                                                                        Mrs MR MHAULE, MPL
                                                                        MEC: EDUCATION
              SCHEDULE
              To provide for a uniform system for the organization and elections of school governing
              bodies; to amend and repeal certain regulations relating to schools and to provide for
              matters connected therewith.

1.     DEFINITIONS

Any word or expressions to which a meaning has been attached in the Act shall have
              the same meaning in these regulations.

In these regulations, unless the context indicates otherwise-

“combined school” means a public school providing education in grades falling in the
              foundation, intermediate and senior phases of curriculum;

“educator”  means  any  person,  excluding  a  person  who  is  appointed  to  exclusively
              perform  extracurricular  duties,  who  teaches,  educates  or  trains  other  persons  or  who
              provides  professional  educational  services,  including  professional  therapy  and
              education psychological services,  at a public school;

“parent” means:

(a) the biological or adoptive parent or legal guardian of a learner, or
                 (b) the person legally entitled to custody of a learner, or
                 (c) the person who undertakes to fulfil the obligations of a certain person referred to
                     in paragraphs (a) and (b) towards the learner’s education at school.
                 “principal” means an educator appointed or acting in a post established as a head
                 of a school;

“head of department ” means the head: education in the province;

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