Singapore legislation

Section 45

of Private Education Act

Section 45

Power to prohibit or restrict deployment of teachers

(1)

The Council may, at any time, direct a registered private education institution to cease to deploy any person to teach any course to all or any of the students of the registered private education institution if the Council is satisfied that —

(a)

any information in respect of the person furnished to the Council under this Act is false or misleading in a material particular or by reason of the omission of a material particular;

(b)

the person does not possess the minimum qualifications or experience, or fulfil such other criteria, as may be prescribed under section 44(1)(a) or is otherwise not competent to teach the course;

(c)

the person has misconducted himself in his capacity as a teacher of the registered private education institution;

(d)

the person is contravening or has contravened this Act; or

(e)

the person is not a fit and proper person to teach in the registered private education institution.

(2)

Any registered private education institution which contravenes any direction of the Council issued under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.