Code of Conduct

Policy on Student Code of Conduct
Preamble
The College, keeping to its vision and mission, concentrates on forming character of the
students along with academic growth. Conscientious citizens are the need of the hour and
being a higher education institution, the College requires to contribute to this effect. The
College highlights the importance of discipline as we work for the wholesome personality
development of the students.
Objectives
 To let the students know that they need to form their character along with their academic
skills.
 To provide clear direction to the students with regard to the code of conduct to be
maintained in the College.
 To guide the students with regard to various activities in personal demeanour to be
followed in the College.
 To spell the restrictions for healthy growth of all the students enrolled in the College.
 To instill a sense of time and discipline among the students of the College.
General Guidelines
The Management reserves the right to grant admission to students and its decisions shall
be final and binding.
Wearing of College Identity Cards is compulsory, while the students are in the College
Campus.
No student is to represent the College for any event outside the College Campus without
being sent or directed by the College.
The College makes all efforts to inform the parents / guardians through the registered
number when the students are to attend any event outside the College. The parents /
guardians are requested to call the College / faculty in-charge and ascertain facts, in case
of any doubt.
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All students attending events outside the College are expected to carry oneself in a
befitting manner with discipline and decorum.
The students are asked to converse strictly in English language within the College
campus, except during Part I class hours.
The parents / guardians are encouraged to visit the college to discuss about the
performance and progress of their ward on college working days.
The students shall be notified on important information / events /programmes of the
college and the students are expected to give timely information to their parents /
guardians
Academic Hours
Each Semester consists of a minimum of 90 working days, excluding days of semester

examinations and other activities. These 90 days are divided into 15 weeks, each week
consisting of 6 days, named as A, B, C, D, E and F.
The regular class hours are from 9:20 AM to 4:00 PM.
The first bell of the day is rung at 9:20 AM and there will be a prayer / assembly at 9:25
AM, followed by the first hour of class at 9:30 AM.
There will be a warning bell five minutes before the commencement of classes for each
session, while the students are to go to their respective classes and take their seats and be
ready for the classes.
The students are expected to remain strictly in silence within the classroom in between
the class hours, while waiting for the faculty or in cases of the faculty being busy with
other duties or absent from duties. The students are not allowed to leave the classroom
during the class hours.
No student should leave the classroom during class hours without the permission of the
faculty.
The students have to move swiftly in silence, when there is a need to shift classrooms.
Only the short break and the lunch break may be used for visiting washrooms and for
drinking water.
Emergency needs and situations are to be brought to the notice of the faculty
immediately.
Late comers should strictly get a permission slip from the principal to enter into the class.

Dress Code and Etiquette
Students are expected to attend the College neatly dressed adhering to approved
etiquette.
The students are to wear College uniform on all days of College except on Wednesdays.
The students should not alter the College uniform at any circumstances.
If any student alters the College uniform, the student will be penalised and shall be
instructed to buy new one(s).
Male students are prohibited from wearing round necked T-Shirts, T-Shirts with images,
icons, words, cargo trousers with multi-pockets and hangings, jeans, caps, wrist bands,
ear-rings, keep long beard, long and untrimmed hair.
Female students are prohibited from wearing leggings, miniskirts, T-Shirts, short tops,
jeans, shorts, sleeveless shirts / tops, cargo pants, sleeveless blouses, skin tight pants,
high heeled shoes, wrist bands, fancy hair clips and ear-rings.
The students are to wear plain black socks and shoes, neatly polished.
The girls are to keep only pony-tailed hair, neatly tied with a black hair band; hair clips
or pins are not permitted.
The students are not allowed to colour their hair.
The dress code for Sports and Games shall be individual sports uniform with canvas
shoes.
The students are to keep their nails trimmed and clean.
The students are not allowed to consume any kind of edible or chewable in the class
hours.
Attendance and Leave
University and College rules require REGULAR ATTENDANCE for both theory and
practical hours. Attendance is noted for each period at the commencement of the class.
A student who is not in the class when attendance is taken shall be marked absent. If a
student absents oneself even for one hour, (s)he shall lose attendance for that entire
session.
For attending pre-planned events and programmes, prior permission for leave needs to be
taken. In case of emergency situations of illness, etc., the parent / guardian / warden of
the hostel has to inform of the absence to the faculty in-charge over telephone by 9:00
AM.

Only the Leave application format available in the College Office shall be used for
applying for leave. The leave application signed by the student and one's parent /
guardian / warden of the hostel should be submitted in advance or on the first day of his /
her return to the College after the leave to the faculty in-charge. The student has to
explain the reason for absence to the faculty in-charge and then take the leave application
for approval of the Head of the Department and submit the same to the faculty in-charge.
No student is allowed to attend class without getting the leave approved. In case of
absence on medical reasons, the student should produce a medical certificate from a
registered medical practitioner.
The students must look at the absentee list put up on the College notice board every day;
if anyone is marked absent by mistake, then he/she should approach for rectification by
obtaining a correction slip issued by the concerned faculty and countersigned by the
Head of the Department.
Periodic intimation will be given to the parent / guardian of the student for information
and suitable action. The attendance of every student will be summed up at the end of
each semester. In case of a student taking more than three days of leave consecutively,
the parents / guardians will have to accompany the student when he / she returns to the
College after such leave.
No student is allowed to take leave during Tests or Assignments or exempted from them.
It is compulsory to prepare well and write all internal tests and model examinations.
Fee concession holders and scholarship holders should have minimum 90% attendance
as per Government Order.
To appear for the University Semester Examinations, the University rules require a
minimum of 75% attendance.
General Rules to Student
Students are strictly not permitted to carry Mobile Phones, Tab, Cameras, IPods, MP3
Players, or any other gadget to the College.
Students have to wear the Identity Cards issued by the College throughout their stay in
the campus. Entry to the campus will be allowed only on production of Identity Cards to
the security personnel at the College gate(s).
Any loss of Identity Card has to be reported immediately to the College office and
application for new Identity Card needs to be submitted with the required fees.
Students of one class are not allowed to enter into any other class without prior
permission from the faculty.

Students shall make every endeavour to keep the College buildings, facilities and campus
clean. Students are requested to use the dust bin and should not throw anything in the
classroom or corridor or keep waste or personal things inside the desk.
The students are not allowed to lean on to the walls or place their feet on them.
Students are not allowed to sit in the railings or on the steps of staircases.
Students are forbidden from writing, scribbling, painting on the walls, desks or any other
facility of the College.
The students are not allowed to shift furniture or fittings in the Classroom, library or any
other facility in the College without being directed to do so by teachers or other staff of
the College.
Students found guilty of damaging, destroying College property shall be penalised and
asked to replace the same at their own cost.
Smoking is strictly prohibited inside the College campus as per Government Order.
Students found using drugs or liquor or any other contraband material shall be dismissed
immediately.
Students should not participate in political or communal activities.
Students and parents shall co-operate with every activity of the College during and
outside the College hours.
The students are not allowed to whistle, hoot or howl during College functions or events.
The vehicles / two wheelers are to be parked only in the allotted parking lots. The
parking timings are to be followed. It is compulsory to submit copies of vehicle
documents and driving license to the College.
Students found guilty of using foul language or behaving rudely towards the staff
members or fellow students will be expelled from the College.
Students are advised to read notices put on the notice board. Ignorance of any notice thus
put up will not be accepted as an excuse for failing to comply with it.
Eve-teasing and ragging are banned in the campus. If any student indulges in eve-teasing
and ragging, criminal action will be initiated against that student.
Students are permitted to the College office during the Interval / Lunch Break / after 4:00
PM for official work and payment of fees.
Issue of Certificates
Transfer Certificates will be issued to students who leave the Institution, only after all the
dues are paid.
Certificate (Transfer, conduct, etc.) will be issued within a week from the date of
application.

Under Tamil Nadu Educational Rules
The Principal is empowered to inflict the following punishments in the interest of

students of the institution:
 Fine
 Loss of attendance
 Loss of term certificate
 Suspension and
 Expulsion
The power to take disciplinary action against a student is inherent with the Principal.
The Policy on Student Code of Conduct has been approved by the Governing
Body of the College in its meeting on 7th May, 2018.

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Policy on Student Code of Conduct

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Each Semester consists of a minimum of 90 working days, excluding days of semester

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Attendance and Leave

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General Rules to Student

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The Principal is empowered to inflict the following punishments in the interest of

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