Teaching Profession Act, 2013 (No. 5 of 2013)
ZambiaAct of Parliament2013No. No. 5 of 2013
This Act has been repealed.It was replaced by Teaching Profession Act. Read this one for the law as it stood, not as it is now.
The Teaching Profession Act, 2013 (No. 5 of 2013) is an Act of the Parliament of Zambia enacted in 2013. It contains 56 sections. Read its sections below, or ask Levy any question about the Teaching Profession Act, 2013 (No. 5 of 2013) and get an answer grounded in the Act with citations.
Sections of the Teaching Profession Act, 2013 (No. 5 of 2013)
- S. 1This Act may be cited as the Teaching Profession Act, 2013. Short title
- S. 2In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
- S. 3(I) There is hereby established the Teaching Council of Establishment
- S. 4(1) The seal of the Council shall be such device as may be Seal of
- S. 5(1) The Council shall consist of the following part-time Composition
- S. 6(1) The functions of the Council are to—
- S. 7(1) The Council shall appoint a Registrar, who shall be
- S. 8(1) The Council shall appoint suitably qualified persons as
- S. 9(1) There shall be such classes of membership as shall Classes of
- S. 10(1) A person shall apply to the Council for registration as Application
- S. 11(1) The Council
- S. 12(1) A person shall not qualify for registration as a
- S. 13A person registered under this Act shall notify the Registrar
- S. 14(1) The Council
- S. 15(1) A teacher shall apply to the Council for a practising Application
- S. 16(1) A practising certificate shall be renewed every three Renewal of
- S. 17(1) The Council shall cancel a practising certificate if the Cancellation
- S. 18The Minister may, by statutory instrument, on the
- S. 19A certificate issued under this Part shall contain such terms
- S. 20A certificate issued under this Part shall not be transferred
- S. 21Where a certificate of registration or practising
- S. 22(1) A person whose certificate of registration or practising Duplicate
- S. 23(1) The Registrar shall keep and maintain a register of Register
- S. 24(1) The Minister may, on the recommendation of the Removal and
- S. 25(1) The Registrar shall, on the direction of the Council, propition
- S. 27(1) A person shall not—
- S. 28(1) The Minister may, on the recommendation of the
- S. 29(1) A person commits an offence if that person—
- S. 31(1) A college of education shall not provide, or hold out as
- S. 32(1) A college of education that intends to offer training in
- S. 33The Council shall, at least every five years from the
- S. 35(1) The Council shall, in consultation with the Minister and
- S. 37The Minister may, on the recommendation of the Council, Regulations
- S. 38(1) A college of education shall apply to the Council for Application
- S. 39(1) The Council shall, within thirty days of receipt of an Grant of
- S. 40(1) The Council shall not grant accreditation to a college
- S. 41(1) An accreditation granted under section thirty-nine may Renewal of
- S. 42(1) The Council shall, where a college of education is in Revocation of
- S. 45Section 45
- S. 47(1) A person who alleges that a teacher has contravened
- S. 48(1) The Council shall establish a Disciplinary Committee
- S. 49(1) The functions of the Disciplinary Committee are to hear Functions of
- S. 50(1) Five members of the Disciplinary Committee shall form Proceedings
- S. 51(1) The Disciplinary Committee may, for the purposes of
- S. 56A person who contravenes a provision of this Act for which General
- S. 57Where an offence under this Act is committed by a Offences by
- S. 58(1) The Council may, in the exercise of its functions under Guidelines
- S. 59(1) The Minister may, by statutory instrument, make
- S. IPRELIMINARY
- S. IITHE TEACHING COUNCIL OF ZAMBIA
- S. IIIREGISTRATION OF TEACHERS
- S. IlFINANCIAL PROVISIONS
- S. IVTRAINING OF TEACHERS
- S. VACCREDITATION OF COLLEGES OF EDUCATION
- S. VIDISCIPLINARY MAITERS
- S. VIIGENERAL PROVISIONS