Cap. 606 Art. 4Functions of the Council.

(1) It shall be the function of the Council to regulate the profession of educators in Malta, and in particular to:

(a) keep under review and assess education and training standards and on the fitness to educate of each person who chooses to practice a profession in education;

(b) advise the Minister in relation to the standards, proficiency, experience and qualifications required for the holding and retaining of a warrant or licence under this Act;

(c) consider applications for comparability and recognition of qualifications in education;

(d) examine applications for a warrant to practise the teaching profession and decide on the award or refusal thereof;

(e) examine applications for a warrant or licence to practise the profession of a kindergarten educator or learning support educator and decide on the award or refusal thereof;

(f) keep an official register of all registered teachers and another register of those holding a temporary warrant, and another register of those holding a temporary specialised licence, and record therein any suspension, cancellation and reinstatement of a warrant or of a temporary warrant or of a temporary specialised licence;

(g) keep an official register of all registered kindergarten educators and another register of those holding a temporary licence or a temporary warrant, and record therein any suspension, cancellation and reinstatement of a warrant or of a licence or of a temporary licence or of a temporary warrant;

(h) keep an official register of all registered learning support educators and another register of those holding a temporary licence or a temporary warrant, and record therein any suspension, cancellation and reinstatement of a warrant or of a licence or of a temporary licence or of a temporary warrant;

(i) keep an official register of all persons conducting practical sessions in the process of obtaining the necessary qualification as teachers, kindergarten educators or learning support educators;

(j) make recommendations to the Minister, following consultation with interested stakeholders under the provisions of this Act, on the code of professional standards and ethics that may be prescribed for the professional behaviour of educators;

(k) inquire into any formal allegation of professional misconduct, gross negligence or incompetence by a warranted and, or licensed educator;

(l) advise the Minister on any matter on which the opinion of the Council is sought by the Minister;

(m) draw up and publish an annual report concerning its activities in general;

(n) establish an electoral commission to organise and administer the elections referred to in article 3(1);

(o) perform such other functions as may arise from this Act or any other law, or as may be assigned to it by the Minister.

(2) The Council shall, not later than three (3) months after the end of each year, publish in the Gazette a list of persons who on the 31st December of the said year, were registered for the first time in the registers referred to in sub-article (1)(f), (g), (h) and (i).

(3) The Council shall, in the performance of its functions, keep in consideration the public interest.