Section 15: Grants to secondary or pre-vocational schools

15. Grants to secondary or pre-vocational schools (1) (a) Subject to paragraphs (b) to (d), the Authority shall pay to every secondary or pre-vocational school a grant, the amount of which shall be determined in accordance with such criteria as the Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, determine. (b) The Authority may apply different criteria in respect of different classes of secondary or pre-vocational schools. (c) The Authority may decline to pay, or where the grant is already payable, cease to pay a grant to such class of secondary or pre-vocational schools as do not satisfy such conditions as approved by the Minister. (d) The Authority may— (i) deduct from the grant which would otherwise be payable to a secondary or pre-vocational school under this section, the emoluments of any teacher employed in that school who has been on leave with pay for a period exceeding his leave entitlement; and (ii) for the purposes of this section and section 16, determine, in accordance with any enactment, the rates of pay at which any teacher employed in a secondary or pre-vocational school shall be remunerated. (2) Where the criteria to enable payment of a grant to a secondary or prevocational school to be made have not been determined or are to be varied, the Authority shall make to that secondary or pre-vocational school a provisional grant, the amount of which shall be in the discretion of the Authority. (3) A grant or a provisional grant payable under subsection (1) or (2) shall be paid at such time and in such instalments as the Authority may determine. (4) Before any grant or provisional grant is made, the Authority may require the grantee to furnish such information as the Authority may require. (5) Where the grant payable— (a) exceeds a provisional grant, the Authority shall pay any amount shortpaid; (b) is less than the provisional grant, the Authority shall deduct from any future grant payable to that school any amount overpaid in such number of instalments as the Authority may determine. (6) A grant or provisional grant shall not be assignable or transferable or liable to be assigned, sequestered or levied upon except for the purpose of satisfying a debt due to the State. [Issue 9] P33 – 8 Revised Laws of Mauritius (7) The Authority shall not pay any grant in respect of a teacher or any other member of the staff, whether teaching or otherwise, who has attained the age of 70 or such lesser age not below the age of 60 or in such other circumstances as may be prescribed. (8) Notwithstanding any other enactment, where a secondary school fails to comply with— (a) this Act or any regulations made under it; (b) the Education Act or any regulations made under that Act; or (c) any condition imposed by the Authority, the Authority may withhold any grant until the Authority is satisfied that the school has complied with the relevant enactment or condition. [S. 15 amended by Act 42 of 1983; Act 55 of 1985; Act 56 of 1985; Act 48 of 1991; Act 21 of 2000; s. 12 of Act 20 of 2016 w.e.f. 1 October 2016.]