Section 2
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
“academic educational institution”
means an educational institution which mainly provides academic education;
“age”, in relation to a pupil, means the age attained by the pupil on the first day of the first month of the school year in question;
“approved fees” means the fees approved by the Minister;
“Assistant Registrar” means an Assistant Registrar of Educational
Institutions or Assistant Registrars of Teachers, as the case may be, appointed under section 5(2);
“branch campus” means a branch of a higher educational institution having the status of a university or university college, and includes a foreign branch university or university college established under this Act;
“correspondence” means correspondence delivered by hand or by post;
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“correspondence school” means an organisation or institution providing instruction or teaching by means of correspondence;
“Council” means the National Education Council of Brunei
Darussalam established under section 10;
“degree” means an academic qualification at the undergraduate or graduate level or at a doctorate level awarded by a higher educational institution that has a university or college university status, or a branch campus of such institutions, to a person after that person has successfully completed a course of study designed to lead to the award of a degree or the equivalent thereof;
“diploma” means an academic qualification at the diploma level or advanced diploma level awarded to a person after that person has successfully completed a course of study designed to lead to the award of a diploma or the equivalent thereof but does not include an extension education course;
“Director” means the Director of Schools’ Inspectorate appointed under section 6(1);
“distance education centre” means a place, an organisation or an institution providing instruction or teaching —
(a)
exclusively through the medium of electronics;
(b)
exclusively through correspondence; or
(c)
partly through the medium of electronics and partly through correspondence or other methods of instruction;
“District Education Officer”, in relation to a district or an area, means an education officer appointed under section 7;
“educational institution” means a school or any other place where, in the carrying on of the work of the organisation or institution, persons are habitually taught, whether in one or more classes, and includes a pre-school class, a kindergarten and a distance education centre but does not include any place declared by the
Minister by notification in the Gazette not to be an educational institution for the purposes of this Act;
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“extension education” means a full-time or part-time education for persons who are not following the usual course of study at an educational institution;
“government educational institution” means an educational institution established and fully maintained by the Minister under
Parts IV and V;
“governor” means a person who is empowered under an instrument of government to manage an educational institution, and includes a person appointed and registered as a manager of an educational institution under the Education (Non-Government
Schools) Act (Chapter 55), repealed by the Education Order, 2003
(S 59/03);
“head teacher” means, in the case of a government school, an education officer who is appointed by the Minister or, in the case of a private school, a person who is appointed under section 69(2)
by the board of governors of the private educational institution;
“higher education” means education provided by a higher educational institution;
“higher educational institution” means an educational institution providing higher education leading to the award of a diploma, degree or the equivalent thereof;
“Inspector” means an Inspector of Schools;
“instrument of government” means an instrument of government as specified in section 66;
“kindergarten” means any place where pre-school education is provided to 10 or more pupils who are between the ages of 4 years and under 6 years old;
“lower secondary education” means a course of study appropriate for a pupil who has completed primary education;
“Minister” means the Minister responsible for education;
“Ministry” means Ministry of Education;
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“National Curriculum” means the curriculum provided in section 20;
“parent” includes a guardian and any person who has the legal or actual control of a pupil;
“Permanent Secretary” means the Permanent Secretary of the
Ministry;
“place” means any place, whether public or private;
“post-secondary education” means education provided to a person who has completed upper secondary education, but does not include higher education;
“premises” means any building used as an educational institution, and includes any building for the purpose of providing accommodation and other facilities for pupils and staff of the institution but does not include any land occupied therewith;
“pre-school class” means any place where pre-school education is provided to 10 or more pupils who are between the ages of 3 years and under 4 years old and shall include kindergartens;
“pre-school education” means an educational programme for pupils in a pre-school class or a kindergarten;
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made under this Act;
“primary education” means a course of study at primary level which is designed for a duration of 6 years but which may be completed within 5 to 7 years;
“primary school” means a school that —
(a)
provides primary education for pupils of the appropriate age subject to section 25; and
(b)
prepares pupils for such examinations as may be prescribed;
“principal” has the same meaning as “head teacher”;
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“private educational institution” means an educational institution which is not a government educational institution;
“pupil” means a person of any age for whom education or training is being provided in an educational institution;
“registered teacher” means any teacher registered under this Act;
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Educational Institutions and
Teachers appointed under section 5(2) and includes the Registrar
General and the Deputy Registrar General;
“Registrar General” means the Registrar General of Educational
Institutions and Teachers appointed under section 5(1) and includes the Deputy Registrar General of Educational Institutions and Teachers appointed under the same section;
“school” means a place where 10 or more persons are habitually taught whether in one or more classes;
“secondary education” means education comprising lower secondary and upper secondary education;
“secondary school” means a school providing secondary education appropriate for a pupil who has just completed primary education;
“special education” means education that caters for the special educational needs of pupils;
“special school” means a school providing special education as prescribed by regulations made under section 30;
“teacher” means a person who —
(a)
teaches pupils in an educational institution; or
(b)
prepares or issues lessons or corrects returned answers in, for or through a distance education centre, and includes a head teacher or principal;
“upper secondary education” means education suitable to the abilities and aptitudes of a pupil who has completed lower secondary education.
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Power to exempt educational institutions.