S.L. 605.6 Art. 16Functions of the Board.

The functions of the Board shall be to:

(a) manage and monitor the effective allocation and payment of students’ maintenance grants;

(b) formulate and regularly review procedures regarding the assessment, allocation, payment and entitlements for the receipt of maintenance grants;

(c) establish the criteria and assess, decide and review applications for the supplementary maintenance grants;

(d) establish the criteria and assess, decide and review applications under any other scheme as may be assigned by the Minister from time to time;

(e) consider reports received from the competent educational authorities regarding the students’ academic progress and apply sanctions when the minimum requirements are not achieved;

(f) oversee the management and payments of the students’ maintenance grants and take all necessary actions to recover any overpaid grants;

(g) plan and implement in a cost effective manner any students’ work experience scheme that the Minister may, from time to time, decide to provide;

(h) recommend changes to the national policy on further and higher education financial support;

(i) conduct checks with other authorities on the documents and the veracity of information supplied by applicants; and

(j) issue and publish guidelines on the application and administration of these regulations. Amended by: SCHEDULE L.N. 320 of 2021; L.N. 159 of 2023.

Part I - Students in Post-Secondary and Vocational Education Training