Education Act 1957 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Employment of Unregistered Teachers
40. Authority or permit required to employ unregistered teacher
Feedback & supportAn unregistered teacher may teach in a school only if an authority or a permit has been issued in accordance with section 41 or 44 respectively.
teacher
“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;
Subject to section 44, an unregistered teacher shall not be employed in any school unless at the time of application there is no suitable registered teacher available for employment in the school in which he is to be authorised to teach.
school
“school” means according to the context —(a)an organisation for the provision of education for 10 or more persons; or(b)a place where 10 or more persons are being or are habitually taught whether in one or more classes, or in the case of a correspondence school, the place or places where instruction is prepared or where answers are examined or corrected;