Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, “approved service” means any service which the Governor- General may, by order published in the Gazette declare to be “designated school” means any school (whether primary, secondary or post-secondary and whether government or government-aided) designated by the Minister under section 3 of this Act; “government school” means a school maintained wholly from general revenue. “government-aided school” means a school in receipt of a grant-in-aid from the Government in accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, Cap. 36. 5 “pensionable service” means any service which may be taken into account in computing a pension under this Act; “public service” means, (i) the public service as defined in section 131 of the Constitution; (ii) any other service that the Governor- General may determine to be public service for the purpose of this Act. “salary” means, (i) in respect of government schools and government-aided primary schools, wages, responsibility allowance, and any other allowance which the Governor-General may, by order published in the Gazette, declare to be pensionable; (ii) in respect of other government-aided schools, the percentage of salary or wages which is paid as a contribution from Government revenues. “teacher” means any person whose name is contained in the register of teachers kept by the Chief Education Officer under section 4 of this Act.