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THE MAURITIUS INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION (AMENDMENT) BILL (No.

II of 2017) Explanatory Memorandum The main object of this Bill is to upgrade the Mauritius Institute of Education into a degree awarding institution and to make provision for matters ancillary thereto.

L. D. DOOKUN-LUCHOOMUN Minister of Education and Human Resources, Tertiary Education and Scientific Research 31 March 2017 _______________ THE MAURITIUS INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION (AMENDMENT) BILL (No.
II of 2017) ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES Clause Interpretation 1.

Short title 2.

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Section 2 of principal Act amended 4.

Section 6 of principal Act amended 5.

Section 10 of principal Act amended 6.

Section 11 of principal Act amended 7.

Section 19 of principal Act amended 8.

Commencement _______________ A BILL To amend the Mauritius Institute of Education Act ENACTED by the Parliament of Mauritius, as follows – 1.
Short title This Act may be cited as the Mauritius Institute of Education (Amendment) Act 2017.

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Interpretation In this Act – “principal Act” means the Mauritius Institute of Education Act.

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Section 2 of principal Act amended Section 2 of the principal Act is amended by adding the following new definition, the full stop at the end of the definition of “student” being deleted and replaced by a semicolon – “tertiary education institution” has the same meaning as in the Tertiary Education Commission Act.

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Section 6 of principal Act amended Section 6 of the principal Act is amended, in subsection (2), by repealing paragraph (b) and replacing it by the following paragraph – (b) award degrees, diplomas and certificates, whether on its own or jointly, with any tertiary education institution.

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Section 10 of principal Act amended Section 10 of the principal Act is amended, in subsection (3), by repealing paragraph (g) and replacing it by the following paragraph – (g) a representative of the Private Secondary Education Authority.

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Section 11 of principal Act amended Section 11 of principal Act amended, – (a) by repealing subsection (2); (b) (c) in subsection (3), by inserting after the words “award of”, the word “degrees,”; in subsection (4), by repealing paragraph (d) and replacing it by the following paragraph – (d) 2 representatives of tertiary education institutions; 2 7.
Section 19 of principal Act amended Section 19 of the principal Act is amended, in subsection (1), by inserting, after paragraph (c), the following new paragraph – (ca) the award of degrees, diplomas and certificates; 8.

Commencement This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.

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