Retirement and termination of service

(1) The Governor-General may require a teacher to retire at any time after he attains the age of fifty-five years. (2) A teacher may retire at any time after he attains the age of fifty-five years, or, in special cases, with the approval of the Governor- General, fifty years. (3) The Governor-General shall require a teacher to retire when he attains the age of sixty years, provided that, in special cases, the Governor-General may permit the teacher to continue in the service until he attains the age of sixty-five years. 13 (4) Where a teacher’s service is terminated on the ground that, having regard to the conditions of the teaching service the usefulness of the teacher thereto and all the other circumstances of the case, such termination is desirable in the public interest, and a pension, gratuity or other allowance cannot otherwise be granted to him under this Act, the Governor-General may, if he thinks fit, grant such pension, gratuity or other allowance as he thinks just and proper, not exceeding in amount that for which the teacher would be eligible if he retired from the teaching service in the circumstances set out in section 6 (2) of this Act. of Governor- General.