Section 49, The Education Short title

(1) The Governor in Council may make rules for the Rules.better carrying out of the purposes of this Ordinance. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) such rules may- (a) prescribe the conditions governing admission to Government schools; (b) prescribe the conditions governing the expulsion or exclusion of pupils from Government schools or assisted schools on the grounds of discipline or age; (c) prescribe the grounds upon which and the manner in which corporal punishment may be administered in Government schools and assisted schools; (d) prescribe, subject to the provision of section 46, for the compulsory attendance at any Government school or assisted school of the pupils enrolled thereat; (e) prescribe the conditions governing the payment of grants in aid of schools, boarding houses and other institutions to which grants may be made in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance, the conditions under which and the manner in which Local Education Authorities may allo- Power of Director to make regulations. cate grants in aid of primary schools, and the grounds upon which such grants may be revoked or withheld; (j) prescribe the conditions governing the grant and withdrawal of bursaries for the maintenance of pupils in schools and other institutions in Sierra Leone or elsewhere; (g) prescribe such fees as the Governor in Council is empowered to prescribe by any of the provisions of this Ordinance; (h) prescribe the manner in which and the times and places at which the medical inspection and treatment of children attending Government schools or assisted schools shall be carried out, and providing for the exclusion from any Government school or assisted school, either permanently or for any specified period, of any pupil who refuses or fails to undergo medical inspection or any medical treatment which a School Medical Officer considers to be necessary, or who is suffering from any infectious or contagious disease which is likely, in the opinion of a School Medical Officer, to be detrimental to the health of other pupils attending such school; (i) prescribe the conditions for securing liberty of conscience and due respect for the religious beliefs of teachers and pupils at Government schools and assisted schools; (j) prescribe the conditions under which pupils may, for the purpose of learning a trade or becoming teachers, be apprenticed to the Director or his representative or to the person in charge of any institution approved by the Director; (k) prescribe the duties of officers appointed under this Ordinance and conferring upon such officers the powers necessary for giving effect to the provisions thereof; (l) prescribe such forms as the Governor in Council is empowered to prescribe under any of the provisions of this Ordinance; (m) regulate the issue of precepts by Local Education Authorities to Local Authorities, the manner in which such precepts shall be carried out and all other matters incidental thereto.