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Junior College Regulations1.0 Code of BehaviourBesides encouraging academic excellence, the College aims to develop the student’s all roundpersonality. The following guidelines are aimed in this respect. It is expected that studentsabide by these guidelines at all times on the College Campus and that College staff ensure thatthese guidelines are followed.1.1 The Principal and Vice-Principal are entrusted with the overall discipline of the College.They exercise their authority in consultation with the College staff.1.2 Students must be in possession of student ID cards at all times, including during lectures.Students will have to show their student ID card when required to do so by College staffand security officers. Students will not be allowed to remain on campus or to sit for testsif they cannot be identified.1.3 Students have to inform the Students’ Services Office immediately when ID cards arelost. These will be replaced against payment.1.4 Students are not allowed to admit friends or other people who are not College studentson campus.1.5 Students may only stay on the College campus at official times, that is 8.00 to 17.00hours, Monday to Friday, during term time, except when they are given permission bythe College Administration.1.6 Students shall present themselves at the College properly dressed, as befits such aneducational institution. Thus, for example, the wearing of short tops exposing midriff,tops with straps, low-cut or torn jeans/skirts, is strictly prohibited.1.7 A serious view will be taken of students who are reported for disrupting lectures andshowing a defiant attitude towards lecturers.1.8 Bullying of any form is not tolerated.1.9 No form of intimacy whatsoever is tolerated within the College campus.1.10 Smoking is strictly prohibited in all areas within the College building and otherdesignated areas.1.11 Playing cards on the College premises is prohibited.1.12 Mobile phones are to be switched off during all sessions.1.13 Improper language and blasphemy are prohibited.1.14 Students are not allowed to fix any commercial or publicity material anywhere insidethe College without the authorisation of the Principal.1.15 Any damage to property within the College precincts will have to be paid for, and, if itis of a grave nature, may lead to expulsion from the College.1.16 Students may not use the lift except on grounds of sickness or injury, provided theyseek authorisation from the Principal’s Office.1.17 Students are to request permission from their respective lecturers before using electronicequipment (except for mobile phones which are prohibited) during sessions. Use ofsuch equipment is intended to complement the session, such as typing notes and notfor browsing the internet. Recording of any kind requires the consent of the lecturer.Furthermore the College cannot be held responsible for any loss or damage to suchequipment.2.0 Attendance2.1. Attendance for all sessions is compulsory throughout the year. There are very seriousconsequences for students who are habitually absent without justification.2.2. A record of attendance is kept by every lecturer for EVERY session. Habitual latecomersare liable to be marked absent.2.3. Absences from sessions for one (1) day for medical reasons/appointments have tobe justified within three (3) working days by completing Exemption Form A whichcan be downloaded from the Junior College website, signed by a parent/guardian andpresented together with a copy of the respective parent/guardian’s I.D. card to theStudents’ Services Office, Room 103. Students who may wish to keep a personal recordof their exemption form are to submit a photocopy of the completed exemption formwhich will be stamped and returned.2.4. Absences for two (2) or more days, in case of sickness, are to be covered by ExemptionForm A, which can be downloaded from the Junior College website, signed by a parent/guardian and presented together with a copy of the respective parent/guardian’s I.D.card, together with the National Insurance medical certificate (blue) and should reachthe Students’ Services Office, Room 103, within three (3) working days of the certificate’sclosing date. The copy of the National Insurance medical certificate (blue) stamped bythe Students’ Services Office, is to be retained by the student as a receipt. Under normalcircumstances medical certificates cannot be immediately followed by an exemptionform, but only by another medical certificate. Late certificates will not be accepted.2.5. In the case of prolonged sickness, medical certificates are to be presented each week,within three (3) working days of the certificate’s closing date. Certificates must cover thewhole period of absence. In this case, Exemption Form A is required only with the firstmedical certificate issued.2.6. If a student has a chronic medical condition, a disability, requires special arrangementsor prolonged hospitalization, s/he or her/his parents/guardians are strongly advised, toinform the College administration in writing, at the beginning of the year or as soonas the case arises. In such circumstances, a certificate from a specialist/consultant isrequired. This information will be treated in strictest confidence.86 87