Board of Studies

The Board of Studies will oversee the academic standards and quality assurance of education across the school while seeing to the implementation of this internal quality assurance policy.

The Board of Studies have the following key functions:

• to evaluate and improve the academic strategy for the respective schools within The College;
• to be responsible for the academic standards and quality assurance of education across the respective school;
• to approve courses / programmes to be provided by the respective schools, through consultation with interested stakeholders regarding the curriculum of such courses / programmes;
• to approve guidelines regarding courses / programmes provided by the respective schools;
• to establish, subject to the School Policy, the entry requirements for courses / programmes of the respective schools;
• to recognise, following a recommendation by the competent authorities, qualifications, and awards of other education providers for the purpose of access into a course / programme of the respective schools;
• to approve the assessment procedures used by each teacher-led curriculum team and see that these are in conformity with the approved academic policies;
• to vet and approve external tutors and/or examiners where deemed necessary, project proposals, study programmes, examination set pieces and papers, documentation and results issued by the respective teacher-led curriculum teams;
• to conduct regular and periodic evaluations that shall constitute an internal audit exercise of its educational programmes, its services and operations;
• to confirm the awarding of prizes, awards and qualifications;
• to rescind an award or result after identification of any administrative error or a student academic review;
• to follow-up students’ complaints, student academic reviews and assessment offences;
• to advise and deal about any other matter which refers to education, including exemptions, extensions, appeals and grievances, as may arise in the administration of the respective schools.

The Board of Studies is made up of:

• The Head of College Network or his/her delegate (ex officio)
• The Centre Administrator/Head of the respective School
• A representative from the various departments within the respective school
• 2 Learners 16+
• 1 Parent / Guardian of a learner under the age of 16
• External consultant when necessary