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Vacation Leave
- The teachers in public educational institutions shall not normally be eligible for Vacation Leave with pay in addition to school holidays.
- Subject to regulation (9) Study Leave, on the recommendation of the Board of a public educational institution and with the approval of the
Minister, Vacation Leave of one term may be granted –
- to a principal who has served in such capacity in public educational institutions for not less than four years immediately preceding the
commencement of the leave; and
- for other categories of teachers who have served as such in public educational institutions for not less than five years immediately
preceding the commencement of the leave.
- Vacation Leave may be granted only to teachers who are permanentlyjn employed.
- In calculation the Vacation Leave for which a principal or teacher, as the case may be, may be eligible, account may be taken to any periods of
leave other than Vacation or Study Leave, not exceeding a total of twelve months, taken by the principal or teacher.
- Where a teacher does not take the Vacation Leave for which he is eligible but continues to serve in a public educational institution, the period
of such Vacation Leave may be taken into account calculating any other Vacation Leave which may be granted to him where he intends to use such leave for any purpose recognized by the Minister as being connected with education.
- Vacation Leave for which a teacher is eligible may be applied to supplement a request of Maternity Leave of Sick Leave with pay.
Maternity Leave
- A teacher in a public educational institution who is pregnant is entitled to Maternity Leave in accordance with the provisions of the Maternity
Leave Act, so, that such teacher shall be eligible for not less than two months Maternity Leave full pay.
- A teacher who is permanently employed may be granted Maternity Leave without completing the qualifying period.
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