St. Francis Convent School, Meerut

On examination days no student is allowed to enter the examination halls or classrooms before the general assembly.
No leave other than medical leave, is normally sanctioned during examination period provided a medical certificate from such medical authority as will satisfy the Principal, is submitted on the day the student is absent so that appropriate entries may be made in the school records.
Any other leave applied for and taken during the examination will be at the risk of the parents and will not be taken into consideration in determining promotion.
In any case a medical certificate is not a guarantee for granting promotion. If a student falls sick for a part or the whole examination he should have the required pass marks from the other examinations held during the year.
Examination missed will not be conducted again for individual student on any account.
Candidates will be disqualified if they are detected in giving or obtaining or attempting to give or obtain unfair assistance at the examination or if they have in their possession while in the examination hall or classroom, any book, memorandum or pocket book, notes or paper except the question paper of the current exam. Unused answer sheets must be submitted to staff invigilators.
Pass marks in each subject is 40%.
There will be two semesters in the academic year. Each semester will comprise of one unit test of 20 marks and one exam of 80 marks. The marks obtained in the unit test will be added to the marks of the exam, making an aggregate of 100 marks in each semester. For classes IX & X, marks for project/practical will be included in the marks of the unit test wherever applicable. The aggregate of both the semesters will be considered for promotion in all classes except X.
- I Semester : I Unit test in July
- Half-Yearly Examination in September
- II Semester : II Unit Test in December
- Final Examination in March
Promotion refused will not be re-considered. All cases of doubt regarding promotion are left entirely to the discretion of the Principal. Parents must not come for reconsideration for promotion. In no case shall a student be promoted on trial.
Parents/Guardians must sign the report card when it is given.
The School does not undertake to retain answer scripts for more than one week after distributing the report cards.
A student will be permitted to repeat the Class ONLY ONCE (upto VIII).
Promotion to the next class is based on the annual aggregate that takes the whole year's performance through tests and examinations.

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