Section 33C: Regional Scholarships

33C. Regional Scholarships The Minister shall, in accordance with regulations made under this Act, award 16 scholarships, which shall be known as the Regional Scholarships, to pupils of regional schools. (p) in section 34, in subsection (1), by inserting, after the words “schools,”, the words “including special education needs schools and technical and vocational institutions,”; (q) in section 37, in the definition of “school” – (i) in paragraph (a) – (A) by inserting, after the word “school”, the words “, including a special education needs school,”; (B) by deleting the word “or”; Acts 2016 195 (ii) by adding the following new paragraph, the full stop at the end of paragraph (b) being deleted and replaced by the words “; or” – (c) such institution as the Minister may authorise to run a technical or vocational course. (r) in section 37A, in subsection (1) – (i) in paragraph (a), by deleting the words “Standard V” and replacing them by the words “Grade 5”; (ii) in paragraph (b), by deleting the words “Standard V or VI” and replacing them by the words “Grade 5 or 6”; (s) in section 38, in subsection (1) – (i) in paragraph (a), by adding the words “, including special education needs schools and special education needs resource and development centres”; (ii) in paragraph (g), by deleting the words “, uncertificated teachers”; (t) in section 39, in paragraph (b), by deleting the words “, principals”; (u) in the Schedule – (i) in Form I, by deleting paragraph 4; (ii) in Form 3 – (A) in the heading, by deleting the words “, RECTOR OR A PRINCIPAL” and replacing them by the words “OR RECTOR”; 196 Acts 2016 (B) by deleting the words “, rector or principal” wherever they appear and replacing them by the words “or rector”; (iii) by deleting Forms 6 and 7.