GENERAL DISCIPLINE RULES
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RULES OF GENERAL DISCIPLINE
- Students and the staff of the college shall co-operate with the college authorities to ensure a peaceful atmosphere congenial to the academic activities and overall development of the students and for the maintenance of discipline in the campus.
- Classes will be conducted from 9.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. (may change as per government regulations). Students should on no account arrive late to the classroom. At the stroke of the second bell, students should stand up in silence for the Morning Prayer.
- No student shall leave a class without the permission of the lecturer concerned. Students should obtain the permission of the Principal to leave the College campus during working hours.
- Students should be simple, neat and tidy in dress. Particular care should be taken to dress modestly. Tucking of dhoties is strictly forbidden. Those who are wearing dothies should use white dhoties only.
- Students should behave and conduct themselves both inside and outside the College in a becoming and gentlemanly manner. They should be courteous to one another and to the members of the staff. No trace of vulgarity should appear in their conversation and behavior. They should be dignified in the class room and outside.
- Every student should carry his/her identity card and produce it on demand by the authorities or persons authorized to do so.
- When a student meets a member of the teaching staff for the first time during the day he /she should greet him/her in an appropriate manner.
- Every student shall handle with care the College property and shall cooperate in preserving the cleanliness and tidiness of the building and furniture. Those who mark or disfigure or otherwise spoil any portion of the building, premises or furniture, shall be punished for misconduct.
- Students are specially warned not to write or scribe anything on the black board. Breach of this rule shall be seriously dealt with.
- Any student who is persistently insolent, or insubordinate or who willfully and repeatedly commits mischief or is guilty of fraud or malpractice or who in the opinion of the Principal is likely to have an unwholesome influence on his fellow students or tarnish the reputation of the institution shall be removed from the rolls. The removal shall be either temporary or permanent subject to the gravity of the misconduct.
- Misbehavior from any member of the College Community towards girl students, use or threat of violence against the members of the staff, physical violence or mental abuse on fellow students, drunkenness and smoking inside the college will be considered very serious case of misconduct warranting disciplinary action including dismissal.
- No one shall distribute or circulate any notice, pamphlet, leaflet, etc. within the campus or exhibit any type of banners, flags, posters, notices, etc. within the campus without prior sanction of the Principal.
- Students are forbidden to make complaints in a body or address any authority in a collective manner. Students are strictly warned against forwarding complaints of any kind without the knowledge and consent of the Principal.
- Megaphones, loud speakers, etc. should not be used without prior permission from the Principal.
- Nobody shall collect money from others either by request or by coercion or buy and sell any article in the College campus except with specific permission of the Principal.
- Serious actions will be taken against students, who bring outsiders to the College without the prior permission of the Principal.
- No meeting or function of any kind shall be held without the sanction of the Principal. Meetings and other functions in the College shall not be allowed to be exploited either directly or indirectly for the propaganda of political parties. It will be at the discretion of the Principal not to allow any function, which, in her opinion, is undesirable.
- Students are forbidden to take active part in political agitations directed against the authority of the Government. Participation in strikes of any kind is strictly forbidden.
- The Judgment of the Hon’ble High Court of Kerala, dated 26- 05 -2003 in W.A.No. 535/2003 is implemented in this College and the students are directed to comply with the orders of the Hon’ble High Court of Kerala regarding the political and other related activities inside the College Campus.
- Ragging is a very serious criminal offence under Kerala Ragging Prohibition Act 1998 and is punishable with 2 years imprisonment along with a penalty of Rs.10, 000/-. Students committing the offence will be expelled from the institution and they shall not be given admission to any other educational institution for a period of 3 years from the date of expulsion. (Kerala Ragging Prohibition Act 1998).
- Use of mobile phones by students inside the campus is strictly prohibited as per Government Order R.T.No. 346/05 H.E. dated 01-03-2005.
- As per Government Order No. 26483/G1/15/H.Edn. dated 12- 10-2015
- All students have to wear identity tag inside the College Campus.
- Student’s vehicles will be allowed only up to the designated parking area. Entry beyond that point is strictly prohibited.
- Smoking or selling cigarettes and other tobacco products and drugs in an area within a radius of 100 yards of the educational Institution is prohibited vide GO No. 8222/05/H Edn. dt. 12.05.2005.
- Performing cinematic dances and fashion shows within Educational Institutions is also prohibited by the Government vide G.o.No.346/05 H.E. dt 01-03-2005.
- The Principal may further at her discretion forbid students to engage prominently in any public movement.
- Students should have their letters addressed to their home. Those addressed to the College will not be delivered to them.
- The Principal or other constituted College authority may frame and issue from time to time disciplinary rules of permanent or temporary nature, regulating the conduct of students within the College campus, in so far as such rules seem necessary
- to secure the observance of the above rules and
- to maintain the reputation of the College.
- The attention of the students is drawn to the rule that they should respect their teachers not only inside the class room but also outside. Well-disciplined behavior is expected at any function in the College.
- The Principal shall be the final authority in the interpretation of the College rules. Matters not covered by the existing rules will be left to the discretion of the Principal and his decicion will be final.
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Aquinas College is owned and administered by the Diocese of Cochin, one of the oldest Catholic dioceses in India. The College started functioning in 1981 affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India.
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