Section 28: A local authority, acting with or through its Education

Committee, shall be responsible– (a) subject to the approval of the Minister generally to organise and develop education in pre-primary, primary, junior secondary schools, or community education centres within its area of authority with a view to providing a place in a recognised school for every child; (b) subject to the approval of the Minister, to generally organise and develop Community Education Centres within its area of authority with a view to providing a place of learning and skills acquisition for children and adult learners; (c) to control, in accordance with rules made under this Act, the establishment of new preprimary, primary and junior secondary schools within its area of authority by private persons; (d) to allocate, subject to the approval of the Minister, grants-in-aid to pre-primary and primary schools within its area of authority in accordance with rules made under this Act such allocations being made from funds placed at its disposal by the Minister or from its own resources; (e) subject to any law for the time being in force relating to the use of land, to determine questions regarding sites for the establishment of pre-primary, primary and junior secondary schools within its area of authority; (f) to advice the Minister generally upon any educational matter referred to it.