Law Development Commission, Zimbabwe (4) If the Secretary finds that any teacher referred to in subsection (2) is not qualified under this section to hold the post in question he or she shall write to the responsible authority accordingly and the responsible authority shall, if it has employed the teacher concerned, terminate the employment of that teacher. [Section substituted by Act 2 of 2006] 60 Discipline of teachers who are not members of Public Service (1) The Minister shall make regulations governing the conduct and behaviour of all teachers who are not members of the Public Service: Provided that such regulations shall as nearly as possible be similar in their substantive provisions to the regulations governing the conduct and behaviour of teachers who are members of the Public Service. (2) Regulations made in terms of subsection (1) may provide for a disciplinary code for teachers, procedures for examining complaints concerning breaches of such code and for the imposition of penalties and the taking of other disciplinary action in respect of such breaches. (3) The penalties and other disciplinary actions that may be provided for in terms of regulations made in terms of subsection (1) may include monetary penalties and suspension or disqualification from teaching in schools. (4) Regulations made in terms of subsection (1) shall, in the event of any conflict or inconsistency with— (a) regulations made in terms of the Labour Act [Chapter 28:01]; or (b) any contract of employment between the teacher and the school; or (c) any rules or code of conduct in force in the school concerned; prevail over such regulations, contract, rules or code of conduct. [Section substituted by Act 2 of 2006] 61 Any teacher may apply to join Public Service Nothing in this Part contained shall be construed as precluding any teacher, whether referred to in this Part or not, from applying to join the Public Service. PART XII GENERAL 62 Languages to be taught in schools (1) Subject to this section, all the three main languages of Zimbabwe, namely Shona, Ndebele and English, shall be taught on an equal-time basis in all schools up to form two level. (2) In areas where indigenous languages other than those mentioned in subsection (1) are spoken, the Minister may authorise the teaching of such languages in schools in addition to those specified in subsection (1). (3) The Minister may authorise the teaching of foreign languages in schools. (4) Prior to Form one, anyone of the languages referred to in subsection (1) and (2) may be used as the medium of instruction, depending upon which language is more commonly spoken and better understood by the pupils. (5) Sign language shall be the priority medium of instruction for the deaf and hard of hearing. [Section substituted by Act 2 of 2006] 63 Curricula and examinations The Secretary shall determine the curricula and the examination system for all schools and, in so doing, shall not determine different curricula and different examination systems for different schools on the ground that they are Government schools or non-Government schools. 64 Health in schools (1) The Minister may, after consultation with the Minister responsible for health, make regulations in terms of section sixty-nine for the purpose of safeguarding the health of pupils or students attending, any educational institution operated by, or registered with, the Ministry. (2) Regulations referred to in subsection (1) may provide for— (a) the appointment of Government medical officers or other medical practitioners as school medical officers at Government schools and non-Government schools; (b) the entry and inspection at all reasonable times by a Government medical officer or other medical practitioner authorized by the Minister of any school, residence or hostel or other building or premises whatsoever at any school or any lodging-house catering wholly or mainly for students or pupils attending any school; (c) the closing of schools, residences, hostels or other buildings, premises or lodging-houses referred to in paragraph (b) on the grounds of health; (d) the exclusion from any school of a student or pupil— (i) who is suffering or has recently suffered from a communicable disease or has been in contact with a person suffering from such a disease; or