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Education Act 1957 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 8 · Registration of Teachers
39. Grounds for cancellation of registration of a teacher
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Last amended by an amending law of 1997.
The Director-General may cancel the registration of a teacher —
(a)
on any of the grounds on which he would have been entitled to refuse registration under section 38;
(b)
if he is satisfied that the teacher has been guilty of professional misconduct;
teacher
Defined · s 2
“teacher” means a person who teaches pupils in a school or who prepares or issues lessons or corrects written answers in a correspondence school and includes a principal;
(c)
if he is satisfied that the teacher is not competent to perform the duties of a teacher; or
(d)
if the teacher has contravened any of the provisions of this Act or any regulations made thereunder.