Home Tuition Provider

The English Language Teaching Council would like to draw attention to the fact that the provision of Home Tuition is being regulated via legal notice 221 of 2015. ELT Home Tuition Providers must be in possession of a licence to operate as per legal notice requirements (link: https://bit.ly/2sco9v3).

1. The Home Tuition Provider shall be responsible for the day-to-day running of the formal and non-formal tuition programmes and management of the residence, as well as for the comfort and general welfare of the student and without prejudice to generality of the aforesaid, the duties and responsibilities shall include:

  • satisfying at all times the academic criteria and standards of the these regulations, licence conditions and Council rules established by the Council from time to time;
  • designing formal tuition course syllabi, non-formal learning processes and selecting course and free time materials and implementation;
  • carrying out needs analyses, setting and overseeing learning objectives, maintaining academic standards and progress and determining the outcomes of each course;
  • attending to formal, non-formal and informal academic issues, the academic progress of the student and resolving issues and complaints;
  • maintaining proper academic records including a course register, formal tuition course syllabi, non-formal learning processes, student name, attendance, performance and final outcome records of formal tuition sessions;
  • reporting to the Council on all formal and non-formal academic matters;
  • complying with all reporting requirements which may lawfully be requested by the Council from time to time in an accurate and timely manner;
  • complying with all applicable laws and regulations, licence conditions, Council rules as per L.N. 221 of 2015 and any quality assurance measures in force from time to time.

2. No Home Tuition Provider shall provide tuition to more than four persons simultaneously or accept and accommodate in his residence at any one time more than four persons and simultaneously provide tuition. 


Licensed Home Tuition Providers:

  • Ta Óneira