St. Francis Convent School, Fatehgarh Churian

Rules of Conduct and Discipline

Code of conduct and necessery information for the parents:
Before seeking admission to this school the parents are instructed to read and study the terms and condition, rulesand regulation and the code of conduct for the students and parents who will be associated with this school.
Being an unaided minority educational institution its administration is entirely with the Christian minority registered society as per the provisions of the supreme constitution of India
The school enjoys its administrative freedom as provided by the supreme constitution of India in its Article 29, 30 (1) which grants autonomy of administrative powers of minority educational institutions
Admissions of students, fee structure appointment disciplinary action against the employees, dismissal of the employees, etc .are as par the administrative powers endowed on the minority institution in conformity with the provisions of the supreme constitution of India, for minority educational institutions.
The school welcomes any suggestion and advice which is positive and constructive for the welfare of the children and the school. But however the school cannot guarantee to respond to implement them immediately. The school is not bound to respond to any self-made associations or groups of parents to their demands but would be dealing with individual parents and their wards during the parents -teachers meetings.
Being an unaided minority private school the administration of the school is entirely under the provision of the Articles 29,30 (1) of the supreme constitution of India which grants autonomy to the minorities to administer its own educational institution without undue interference from any unconstitutional external forces.
Those parents who cause any agitation and incite other to do so against the school or join with any anti-social elements to disturb the peaceful atmosphere of continue teaching their children in this school. Their children will be dismissed without giving any other reason. On special request their children may be allowed to complete the current academic session provided the school is given legal guarantee on written undertaking though legal procedure, that the atmosphere of the school will not be disturbed for the sake of the majority of children studying in the school. The children of such parents will issued the TC along with the final result of the academic year the same will be applicable to the students who commit the same offence.
The parents must a self-declaration at time of taking admission of their wards that they would send their wards only by such transportation which is run in accordance with the “safe-school vahan” policy of the government for the safety of the wards. Any parents in connivance with private vehicle operators defy the “safe-school vahan” policy of the government and send their wards in vehicles which do not confirm to the safety measures will be issued notice and subsequently will be asked to change the mode of transportation or withdraw their wards from the school, for the sake of their safety.
Parents are strictly forbidden to send their wards to the school by vehicles which do not run in compliance with the traffic regulation of Hon’ble Punjab and Haryana high court on children’s safety. The school issues permission to ferry the children only to those vehicle owners who have submitted their legal documents to the school in compliance with the Hon’ble high court order.
Since the school does not own its own vehicles for the transportation of the students, the parents are instructed to make sure that such vehicles are being operated in compliance with the safety measures imposed by the government. The school management gives approval to those vehicles which are run in conformity with the “safe school vahan” policy of the goverment
The Transportation of the children to and from the school is a collective responsibility of all stake holders. The school management cannot be held solely responsible for the safety of the children during their transportation, especially in case of private transporters with whom the parents have made agreement without any consolation with the school authority. In such cases the matter should be dealt with the concerned government authorities, and the school management should not be unjustly dragged into controversies which would adversely affect the peaceful atmosphere of the school.
The management has the right to take disciplinary action against students/parents who do not comply with school=rules and requirements.
The parents are requested to contact the school office in the month of March, before the beginning of the new academic year to know the fee structure of the coming year. Every year the school is constrained to enhance its fee structure, remaining within the limits permitted by the court, as the school dose not receive any financial aid from the government.