Exemption
3.—(1)  The following classes of children of compulsory school age shall be exempt from section 3(1) of the Act:
(a)any child who is unable to attend any national primary school due to any physical or intellectual disability;
(b)any child who receives home-schooling, subject to the following terms and conditions:
(i)a parent of the child has notified the Director-General, in such form and manner as the Director-General may require, of the arrangements for and the curriculum to be used for home-schooling the child;
(ii)the Director-General is satisfied that the home-schooling arrangements for the child are appropriate and adequate, and he has approved the home-schooling curriculum submitted by a parent of the child;
(iii)a parent of the child has signed an undertaking, in such form as the Director-General may determine, that the child will sit for —
(A)an assessment (however styled) of the effectiveness of the home-schooling at such time, before the child attains the age of 11 years, as the Director-General may determine; and
(B)the Primary School Leaving Examination, and the National Education Quiz when the child is above the age of 11 years and before he attains the age of 15 years;
(iv)each parent who provides any home-schooling to the child possesses such qualifications as the Director-General may require;
(v)the parents of the child do not refuse or obstruct any home visit, which may be of such number and conducted at such times as the Director-General may determine;
(vi)the Director-General is at all times satisfied that the child will perform at such level of educational achievement as the Director-General may determine for the Primary School Leaving Examination and the National Education Quiz; and
(vii)the child performs, at the Primary School Leaving Examination and the National Education Quiz, at such level of educational achievement as the Director-General may determine before the child attains the age of 15 years.
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(c)any child who is a pupil of a designated school;
(ca)any child who is a pupil of NorthLight School or Assumption Pathway School; and
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(d)any other child whom the Director-General has determined is unsuitable to attend any national primary school, having regard to the interests and welfare of the child.
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(2)  A reference in sub-paragraph (1)(b)(ii) to a home-schooling curriculum approved by the Director-General includes a home-schooling curriculum approved by him under paragraph 3(b)(i) in force immediately before 1st October 2010 in relation to the child.
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(3)  Sub-paragraph (1)(b)(iii) does not apply if a parent of the child has signed a declaration referred to in paragraph 3(b)(ii) in force immediately before 1st October 2010 in relation to that child.
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