Page 26 - Handbook for Parents

• A student, returning to school after
suffering an infectious or contagious
disease, should produce a doctor’s
fitness certificate permitting him/her
to attend school. Students suffering
SCHOOL from the following diseases must
observe the prescribed period of
RULES quarantine before returning to
school:
CHICKEN POX
Till the scabs fall completely (Not > 15
Days)
CHOLERA
Till the child has completely recovered

ATTENDANCE RULE (Not > 15 Days)
• No student who has been absent MEASLES
on the previous day will be allowed Two weeks after the rash disappears
to attend unless his/her parent (Not > 10 Days)
has entered an explanation stating MUMPS
the reasons for the absence, in Until the swelling has gone (Not > 15
the ‘Record of Non-Attendance’ Days)
section of the Almanac, for each
day the student has been absent WHOOPING COUGH
from school. It is the responsibility Till the doctor certifies (Not > 20 Days)
of absentee students to ensure HEPATITIS
that their parents have entered the Till the doctor certifies (Not > 20 Days)
relevant information and signed • Repeated absence without notice
the Almanac, failing which; the or unexplained absence without
student’s parents may be called to written application for more than
school and asked to take their ward six consecutive days renders the
back home. student liable to have her/his name
• In case of absence of more than three struck off the rolls. Re-admission
days on Medical Grounds, Medical may only be granted after payment
Certificate & prescription must be of a re-admission fee.
attached along with application. ¬
• There is no provision for half day • All students are expected to
leave. Hence students who are not attend school on the opening
well should not be sent to school day immediately following the
even on exam/test days. vacations. Absence on the day of

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