- (b) on any ground specified in paragraph (b), (c), (d) or (e) of section 47 which applies to the permitted teacher.
(2) A permit to teach shall be deemed to be cancelled—
- (a) if the permitted teacher ceases to be employed in the school specified in the permit; or
- (b) if the registration or provisional registration of the school specified in the permit is cancelled.
Principals.
Approval of first principal of school. 53. (1) Within one month after the registration or provisional registration of a school, the management committee shall recommend for the approval of the Director a teacher of the school to be the principal.
(2) Subject to section 54, the Director shall approve as the principal of the school the teacher who is recommended under subsection (1).
Grounds for refusal to approve principal. 54. The Director may refuse to approve a teacher as the principal of a school if the Director is not satisfied that the teacher is a fit and proper person to be the principal of the school.
Tenure of office of principal. 55. The principal of a school shall hold office until—
- (a) he ceases to be registered as a teacher, or to be permitted to teach as a permitted teacher in the school;
- (b) he resigns;
- (c) the Director withdraws his approval of the principal under section 56; or
- (d) the Director approves another teacher of the school as the principal under subsection (2) of section 57.
Grounds for withdrawal of approval of principal. 56. The Director may withdraw his approval of the principal of a school if it appears to the Director that the principal—
- (a) is no longer a fit and proper person to be the principal;
- (b) is not performing the duties of the principal satisfactorily;
- (c) has ceased to perform the duties of the principal; or
- (d) is no longer acceptable as such to the majority of the management committee.
Approval of subsequent principals. 57. (1) If in the case of any school—
- (a) the Director refuses under section 54 to approve a teacher who has been recommended to be the principal;
