REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI
(No.      of 2016)

I assent,

Beretitenti
2017
AN ACT
entitled
AN ACT TO AMEND THE EDUCATION ACT 2013

Commencement:
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Made by the Maneaba ni Maungatabu and assented to by Te Beretitenti

Short Title:
1.	This Act may be cited as the Education (Amendment) Act 2016.
Interpretation:
2.	“Principal Act”  is the Education Act 2013.
3.	“Government” refers to the Government of Kiribati.

Amendment to Section 11 of the Principal Act:
4.	Section 11 is amended by adding a new subsection (3) which reads as follows:
“Section 11(3) – Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Principal Act, Government may assist Kiribati Students from Form 4 and up to Form 6, in recognized Kiribati Senior Secondary Schools, who have passed the prescribed national examinations (or their equivalents), with tuition and book allowance.”  

Explanatory Memorandum:
The purpose of the Bill is to provide the legal basis for Government assistance to students from Form 4 and up to Form 6 in senior secondary schools, in terms of school fees and book allowance.

Hon. Natan Teewe
Minister of Justice

CERTIFICATE OF THE CLERK OF THE MANEABA NI MAUNGATABU

This printed impression of the Education (Amendment) Act 2016 has been carefully examined by me with the Bill which passed the Maneaba ni Maungatabu on the 19th December 2016 and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said Bill.

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Eni Tekanene
Clerk of the Maneaba ni Maungatabu

Published by exhibition at the Maneaba ni Maungatabu this ……… day of .................................. 2017.

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Eni Tekanene
Clerk of the Maneaba ni Maungatabu