(i) Every student shall be required to attend
not less than 75 percent of all lectures and tutorial and not less than 75
percent of practical respectively in aggregate in each semester and further to
secure at least 60% attendance in each subject.(theory and practical separately)
in each session. The percentage of attendance is subject to change at any time
as decided by PSBTE & IT.
(ii) A student who falls short of attendance
shall be detained by the Principal of the Institute and will not allow appearing
in the examination of the Punjab State Board of Technical Education and
Industrial Training.
(iii) Shortage of attendance can be condoned
up to 5% on medical grounds by the Principal, provided the medical certificate
is submitted by the candidate within seven days of his return from medical leave
and beyond that up to 5% by the Secretary, Punjab S.B.T.E.& I.T in genuine
cases.
GUIDELINES FOR
CONDONATION
1. The request for condonation of lectures
should originate from the students who should apply to the head of the
institution within 7 days of his being absent from classes under extra ordinary
circumstances such as accident, illness etc.
2. The Principal should ensure that this
request reaches the office of the board within a week from the receipt of such
request
3. Photocopy of the medical certificate to be
attached with the request. The medical should be from a Govt.
hospital/dispensary. However if the student fall sick and obtain medical
treatment from a private doctor then under such circumstances, the chief medical
officer of the concerned area should authenticate the medical certificate as the
antecedents of the private doctor issuing such a certificate could not be
verified by the board.
4. It has also been observed that the student
has been obtaining certificate for indefinable diseases such as PUO/fever/dysentery.
Whenever such a disease inflict a student then it is mandatory that a
certificate be produced from Govt. officer.
5. The Principal of the institution will
forward the request for condonation of lectures and ensure that the duration of
medical leave conforms to days of absence and there is no discrepancy in the
number of shortage of lectures pertaining to theory and practical. Each should
generally conform to the ratio of 50 : 50 . Photocopies of the relevant
attendance record of the student should be sent to the board with condonation
cases
6. A request for condonation of lectures after
period specified in Para 1 above may be summarily rejected.
(B) For all
students including Pharmacy course
The lectures will be counted from the date of
commencement of session to the last date before the preparatory holidays for the
commencement of the theory examination for each semester. The absence will be
fined at a flat rate of Re.0.50 per period of absence. An absentee with proper
leave duly sanctioned by the Principal will, however, be exempted from absence
fine.
The fine will be collected at the end of the semester and in annual system
courses fine will be collected before supplementary Examination & Annual
Exams.(twice in a Yr.)The name of the student during the session is liable to be
stuck off the rolls, if found absent for 10 consecutive working days without
proper leave. A student whose name has been stuck off the rolls may however, be
re-admitted by the Principal if he is satisfied that the absence of the student
was due to circumstances beyond his control. Re-admission of such student will
be made on payment by him of re-admission fee of Rs. 25 in addition to usual
fine up to the date on which his name was struck off.
2. Sick leave can ordinarily be granted as per
instruction of Punjab State Board of Technical Education & Industrial Training.
