SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 3
SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 3
3 . Objects of Act
(1) The objects of
this Act include the following —
(a) to
recognize the right of every child in the State to receive a school education
during the child’s compulsory education period; and
(b) to
allow that education to be given in a government school, a non-government
school or at home; and
(c) to
provide for government schools that meet the educational needs of all
children; and
(ca) to
provide for education, training and employment alternatives at the senior
secondary level; and
(d) to
acknowledge the importance of the involvement and participation of a
child’s parents in the child’s education; and
(e) to
provide for student residential colleges that offer residential accommodation
for students to attend, and participate in an educational programme of, a
school.
(2) Any person who has
a function under this Act is to seek to ensure that the objects stated in
subsection (1) are achieved.
[Section 3 amended: No. 22 of 2005 s. 15; No. 41
of 2016 s. 7; No. 14 of 2019 s. 14.]