Section 16, The Education Act, 2004

(1) Subject to this Act, every private school shall, afterbeing established, be registered by the proprietor thereof at the Ministry. (2) The registration of a private school and the application for such registration shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the Minister. (3) If, upon receipt of an application for registration of a private school, the Minister is of the opinion that any of the conditions mentioned in subsection (3) of section 15 applies to such school, he may refuse to register such school, and shall in that case serve upon the proprietor or manager a notice containing full particulars of the grounds of such refusal. (4) If, in the opinion of the Minister, the matters by reason of which registration is refused are irremediable, it shall be so stated in the notice, and if in his opinion they are remediable, the notice shall specify the measures necessary to remedy them and shall specify the time within which such matters are required to be remedied, to enable the school to be registered.