General Discipline

1.    It is the duty of every student to abide by the rules and regulations of the college and conduct himself/herself with decorum in all places and under all circumstances.

2.    College property should not be disfigured by affixing propaganda literature or by writing. Students who destroy college property are liable to be punished and the expences if any, for repair work will be recovered.

3.    No flag shall be hoisted on the college campus without the written permission of the principal.

4.    Students are not permitted to loiter on the college campus during leisure hours. They are advised to spend such time reading in the library.

5.    Students are expected to be decently dressed in the classrooms as well as at any function organized on the college premises.

6.    Smoking, drinking alcohol and using drugs are strictly prohibited. Students who engage in these activities will be dismissed from the college.

7.    Students indulging in ragging or any other offence will be dismissed from the college and the matter will be reported to the police.

8.    All the students shall abide by the decisions of (1) the Principal, (2) The Discipline Committee and (3) the College Council.

9.    Outsiders are not permitted to meet the members of the staff or students on the college campus without the permission of the Principal.

10. Prior permission of the Principal, in writing, is necessary for:

a. Organizing processions, special meetings, entertainments or special functions in the college or on the college premises.

b. Putting up any notice on the notice board in the college or on its premises.

11. Notices signed or countersigned by the Principal and displayed on the notice boards are considered as having been brought to the notice of the students of the college.

12. Students once suspended from the college are not eligible to stand as candidates in any of the college elections and are not eligible to hold any office in the college.

13. An office bearer will lose the office he/she is holding if he/she is found  guilty  of  indiscipline  and  of  misusing his/her office.

14. Any student  or  group  of  students in  the name of strike or agitation cannot  disrupt work or cannot prevent the staff or  Principal  from  carrying  out  their duties. Stringent disciplinary action including dismissal will be taken against such students. If the college incurs any loss due to the disruptive activities of the students they will be held responsible for that and they should compensate for the loss.

15. The Principal will keep in touch with parents or guardians of the students who are very backward in their studies and whose attendance is very inadequate, and conduct unsatisfactory. If the parents or guardian do not respond or do not take any interest in such matters the principal will take appropriate action.

16. The Principal in consultation with the College Council may impose the following punishments wherever necessary:

1.  Fines

2.  Cancellation of attendance

3.  Withholding of term certificates

4.  Forfeiture of educational concessions and scholarships.

5.  Suspension

6.  Expulsion

17. Every student is expected to take part in one or more of the games for which facilities are provided by the college.

18. All the students shall keep with them their identity cards with recent passport size photographs duly attested by the Principal. All payments, issue of certificates etc. can be made only on production of their identity cards. The students are required to produce their identity cards as and when the teaching staff, office staff or  any  other member of  the  college administration demands it.

       Any attempt to tamper with or disfigure the identity card will be considered as a serious offence. Such identity cards will be cancelled and no new cards will be issued. If an original identity card has been  irrecoverably  lost  a duplicate card will be issued only after the completion of the procedure usually followed in such cases.

       The identity card should be surrendered in the office at the time of the issue of transfer certificate or qualifying certificate, whichever is earlier.

19. Any issues which are not covered by these rules will be decided by the Principal.

Attendance and Leave

1.    Attendance will be taken at the beginning of each class. Absence of one or more periods either in the morning session or in the afternoon session will forfeit the attendence of that particular session.

2.    Students are required to be in their places at the beginning of each class. No student will be allowed to leave the premises during the class hours without the permission of the Head of the Institution.

3.    Late comers should not enter the class without the permission of the teacher.

At least a day in advance or on the day the student rejoins the college after the leave.

6.    Application for leave from the students will be entertained only if they are recommended by the Head of the Department concerned.

7.    If the period of leave applied for exceeds 5 days he/she should produce a medical certificate from a Registered Medical Practitioner, on the day before or the day after the period of leave. Medical certificates submitted at a later time will not be accepted.

8.    If a student is absent from class without leave for more than 10 days, his/her name will be removed from the rolls. He/she may however, be re-admitted after furnishing sufficient reasons.

9.    The annual certificate of attendance required for admission  to  the  university  examination will not be issued unless  the  student  has  attended  at  least  75  percent of  the  total  number  of  working  days  during  the academic year.

10. A student whose attendance falls below the minimum can apply for condonation through the Principal to the University. The application for condonation shall be accompanied by a treasury receipt for Rs. 100/-. The reason for each day’s absence will have to be explained. If the absence was on account of illness, a medical certificate has to be produced.

11. The annual certificate of attendance will be issued to a student only after he/she has completed the course of instruction to the satisfaction of the authorities in terms of his/her progress and conduct.

Transfer Certificate

1.    Application  for  Transfer  Certificate  should  be  made  in  the  prescribed  form  at least  two  days  in  advance.

2.    Conduct  Certificate  will  normally  be  issued  only  along  with  the  Transfer  Certificate  when  the  student  has  completed  the  course.

The Caution Deposit

1.    Every student admitted to a course of study in a Government or private institution should pay the caution deposit at the time of admission or at the commencement of the course or during the period of the course along with the first instalment of tuition fees and other special fees.

2.    The caution deposit will not be refunded till the student has completed his/her course of study. At the end of a particular course of study, the caution deposit collected from a student will be refunded to him/her on receipt of an application from the student in the prescribed form. The dues, on account of the loss of library books, the breakage of laboratory equipment and the destruction of college property, will be deducted from the caution deposit.

3.    The  caution  deposit   paid  by  a  student  for  a particular  course  will be  refunded  to  him / her  after  deducting  the  dues.  It  will be  refunded  before  the   completion  of  the  course  if  the  student  takes  T. C.  from  the  college  for  discontinuing  the  course  or  pursuing  studies  for  the  same   or a different  course  in  some  other  institution.

4.    The  student  should  keep  in  safe custody the  receipt  issued  for the remittance  of  the  caution  deposit  during  the  tenure  of  the  course.  The  caution  deposit  will  be  refunded   only  if  the  original  receipt  is  produced  along  with  an  application  for  refund.  Failure  to  produce  the  original  receipt  will result  in the  forfeiture  of  the  claim  for  refund.

5.    The  outgoing  students  can  get  the  caution  deposit  refunded   on    or  before  31st  March  of  the   year.  Unclaimed  caution.

Fee Concession

a.    Applicants  belonging  to  SC / ST / OBC,  Kudumbi and Christian  converts  from Scheduled  Castes and Scheduled  Tribes  who  are  bonafide  subjects  of  Kerala  State are  eligible  for  full fee concession, stipend and lump sum grant  for purchase of  books and dress. They  will have  to  produce,  at  the  time  of  admission,  a  Certificate  of  Nativity  and a Certificate of Community.

b.    Applicants  belonging  to  Backward  and  Forward  Communities  who  are  bonafide  subjects  of   Kerala  State are  eligible  for  full  fee  concession  if   the  income  of their  families  does  not  exceed   Rs.  24000/-  per  annum in  the  case  of students  of  Degree  classes  as per  the  Kumara  Pillai  Commission  Report.

c.    Exemption from payment of Tuition Fees is allowed to the children/grandchildren of Political Sufferers if the income does

Certificates  to be produced at the time of admission.

1.    Applicants belonging to the SC / ST / OBC, Kudumbi and Christian Converts from SC/ST should produce income and community certificates in original.

 2.   Applicants  belonging  to  the  OBC must produce  an income certificate  issued  by  the  Village  Office  and countersigned by the  Local  Panchayat  President / Chairman of Municipality / Mayor of  the  Corporation / Honorary Magistrate / MLA or MP in the prescribed form.

3.    The incomes of both the parents must be shown in the income certificate and the certificate  of income of the guardian will be accepted only in the case of orphans and in other exceptional cases.

4.    Community and Nativity certificates in the prescribed forms have to be submitted within 15 days from the commencement of the class. If this is not done, fees will have to be paid.

 

5.    Applicants who do not produce necessary certificates at the time of admission will not be admitted unless they pay the prescribed fees.

6.    In the case of applicants whose parents died in harness while in the State  Government  service,  harness  fee concession will be granted  on  production  of  necessary documents, provided the income of the guardian does  not exceed Rs. 4000/- per annum.

  Medical Examination

Every student has to undergo medical examination once during the course of study. If the students fail to present themselves for the medical check-up at the time specified, the matter will be reported to the University.

General Rules For library  

1.    The staff and students of the college are entitled to the use of the library.

2.    The library  will be open from 9.00 a.m. to  4.30 p.m. on all working days and from 9.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. on Saturdays.

3.    Reference books,  periodicals   and  newspapers  will  not be issued  out. Before  consulting  reference  books the user  should  sign a  register after  making necessary entries in it.

4.    Strict silence  should  be maintained  in  and  around  the library.

5.    Readers have to keep all their belongings at the entrance of the reading room.

7.    The users must not disfigure or damage by writing on or mishandling any books, magazines, manuscripts and maps belonging to the library.

8.    No tracing or mechanical reproduction shall be made without prior permission of the librarian.

9.    The  readers will be responsible for any damage done to the books or other property belonging to the library. They are required to replace  such books or property or pay the price as decided by the  authorities. If one of  the books in a set is damaged the whole  set will have to be replaced.

10. If a  ticket or book is lost, the matter should be intimated in writing to the Librarian immediately. He will decide on the appropriate compensatory measures. If a book is not returned within  one  month  after the due date it will be deemed lost. In the case of a lost ticket, a duplicate can be had only after one month on payment of a penalty of Rs. 20/-. A member against whom any payment is outstanding  will  not  be  allowed to borrow books until he/she has cleared the dues.

11. The students may return the books on all working days except during the lunch hour (1 to 2 p.m.).The following days are alloted to each department for borrowing books.

        Mon       : Mathematics, Computer Science and P G students

       Tue         : English and Zoology

       Wed        :Chemistry, Commerce and P G students

      Thu          : Mathematics, Computer Science and English

       Fri           : Chemistry, Commerce, Zoology and P G students

12. Only one book will be issued on a ticket. The reader has to surrender his/her ticket when the book is issued.

13. Before leaving the counter, the reader should satisfy himself/herself as to  whether the book  lent to him/her is in good condition. If it is not, he/she  should  immediately  bring the matter to the librarian’s  notice. Otherwise he/she is liable to be held responsible for the replacement of the book.

14. The loan period is usually 15 days. However the librarian can recall any book at any time from a reader.

15. A book returned after the due date will entail a fine of Rs 1 per day.

16. Members are not allowed  to  sublet the books  of the library.

17. All the books should be returned to the library before March 31st of each academic year. However the final year students should return the books before final year examinations.

18. Books issued for the holidays should be returned within  2 days after reopening.

19. The staff  should  return  all  the  books at the close of the academic year.