EDUCATION ACT 1996EDU3093When you are willing to make sacrifces for a great cause, you will never be alone. The Legal Framework of Educa!o"Recent legislations on education formulated to achieve democratization of education: he !ducation "ct #$$%& he 'rivate (igher !ducational)nstitutions "ct, #$$%& *ational +ouncil on (igher !ducation "ct, #$$%&*ational "ccreditation ,oard "ct, #$$%& -niversities and -niversity+olleges ."mendment/ "ct, #$$%& and *ational (igher !ducation 0und,oard "ct, #$$1.EDUCATION ACT 1996Nation mission to produce education system with world standard quality to develop individuals potential and to achieve the nations aspirationThe Education Act 1996he !ducation "ct, #$$% re2ealed the !ducation "ct #$%#. )t is the 2arent legislation on education and covers all levels of education under the national education system .e3ce2t international schools/. he "ct sti2ulates the use of the national language as the main medium of instruction, a national curriculum, and common 2ublic e3aminations. The Education Act 1996'rovides for 2re4school education, 2rimary school education, secondary school education, 2ost4secondary education, teacher education, s2ecial education, 2rivate education, and technical education. 5ives greater 2rominence to values in education and aims to ensure relevance and 6uality in the education systemThe Education Act 19967ection #8 of the "ct sti2ulates the use of a *ational+urriculum to be used by all schools.#8 .#/ he 9inister shall 2rescribe a curriculum to be known as the *ational +urriculum which, sub:ects to subsection .;/, shall be used by all schools in the *ational !ducation 7ystem..