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Part 7
Appointments, etc., of Teachers
Appointments,
etc., of
Principals and
Deputy
Principals.
194. The power to appoint persons to hold or act in the public
offices of Principal or Deputy Principal in the Teaching Service
(including the power to make appointments on promotion and transfer
and to confirm appointments), and, subject to the provisions of section
208 of this Constitution, the power to exercise disciplinary control over
persons holding or acting in such offices, and the power to remove such
persons from office, shall vest in the President acting in accordance with
the advice of the Teaching Service Commission.
Appointments,
etc., of teachers
below Deputy
Principal.
195. The power to appoint persons to hold or act in offices in the
Teaching Service below the office of Deputy Principal (including power
to make appointments or promotion and transfer and to confirm
appointments) and, subject to the provisions of section 208 of this
Constitution, the power to exercise disciplinary control over persons
holding or acting in such offices, and the power to remove such persons
from office, shall vest in the Teaching Service Commission.
Delegation
of
disciplinary
powers.
196. (1) The Teaching Service Commission may, by direction
in writing and subject to such conditions not inconsistent with any
provision of any law in force governing public educational institutions,
delegate any of its disciplinary powers under section 195 of this
Constitution to one or more members of the Commission or, with the
consent of the Prime Minister, to a senior public officer in the Ministry of
Education, or Headmaster, or Headmistress, or Principal or other similar
head of an educational institution.
(2) The disciplinary powers referred to in subsection (1)
of this section shall not include the removal from office or the reduction
in grade of any teacher.
(3) Any teacher aggrieved by any decision of any person to
whom disciplinary powers have been delegated and exercised in relation
to that teacher pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, shall have a right
of appeal to the Teaching Service Commission exercisable in accordance
with such rules of procedure as may be prescribed by Parliament.
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