:: St. Sebastian's School ::

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Admission | Admission for Montessori | Medium of Teaching & Curriculum
Assessment & Promotion | Fees | Dismissal & Withdrawal

Admission
For classes I to VIII -
Application forms are issued from the office after taking an admission test in English Language and Mathematics after Puja Vacation. Admission to this school is to be considered a privilege and not a right.
It is valid as long as the student maintains the discipline and rules of the school and a credit to it. The school reserves the right to refuse admission to any child without assigning any reason.

Admission to Class IX depends on the availability of seats.

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Admission for Montessori (Pre Primary) -

Children who complete 2 years in March are eligible for admission to Montessori. We take children of the age group of 2+, 3+ as well as 4+. Admission for Montessori section(2+ and 3+ section) is open thrice a year.(April, July and November). Admission for 4+ is done in April only.

Note: Children from our Montessori House (DewDrops) can directly take admission in our primary section ( St. Sebastian's) in the month of January for April session, without appearing for a test.

Guardians seeking admission for their wards have to produce Birth Certificates from the Municipal Office, recent passport size photograph, transfer certificate (in case of transfer).

Admission fees and other fees once paid is non-refundable. A student once admitted cannot be withdrawn without a month's fee in lieu of notice.

Admission for class XI, please check the Notice Board in the month of January

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Medium of Teaching & Curriculum -

This Institution is an English Medium School where every effort is made to teach the students to handle English effectively as a written and spoken language. Bengali and Hindi is compulsory subject as vernaculars. In the three Language schemes of Secondary Education subjects are English, Bengali, Hindi, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, History/Civics, Environmental Education, Economics, Computer, SUPW, Moral Science.

G. K. & Multimedia. The school prepares students to appear for the Indian Certificate of Secondary Examination ICSE and ISC - Science and Commerce, New Delhi.

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Assessment & Promotion -
Classes I to V

We follow an innovative method in the primary section by removing stress and there by making learning joyous and fun.
In this rare method students upto class V are exempted from examination which brings relief and makes students free from exam phobia.
The students upto class III do not follow any book, but they are provided with study materials and project work. Project work is done individually as well as in groups, which encourage team work.
To assess their regular progress, we assess our students from I to V in a weekly, monthly and terminal basis.
Upto class III we follow the grade system.

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From VI onwards -

Examinations are conducted at the end of every Term and Regular Reports are given out. Unit Tests are also conducted to improve the performance of the students. Promotion entirely depends on the students performance in these examinations

Three Assessments are held during the session (April - March).
Promotion at the end of the year will be based on a total continuous Assessment. In every subject 40% marks must be scored for promotion.
Passing in Internal assessment is compulsory.
For students who are absent for any assessment, there is no provision for any supplementary test.
The results of the Final Assessment are final and cannot be changed.
A student will not be allowed to repeat the same class for a third year and has to leave the school.
In all questions on promotion or failure, the Principal's decision is final.

Note: The principal, guided by the common code of Justice and Fair Play can exercise discretionary powers of changing any of the conditions mentioned above, in exceptional cases.

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Fees -

Fees must be paid before the 10th of the month. Fees after 10th will be accepted along with a fine of Rs. 2/- per day. If the fees run into arrears for more than three consecutive months, the defaulter's name is liable to be struck off the roles. A student may be Re-admitted only after all arrears are paid along with a re admission fees.
One month's notice (One Calendar Month) must be given or one month's fees be paid in lieu, before a student is withdrawn.
The Tuition fee must be paid for twelve months (English calendar Month) and broken periods.
Pupils are liable to pay full fees as long as their names have not been officially struck off the rolls.
No Transfer Certificate will be issued until a written application from the parents/guardians is received and dues to the school have been paid in full.
Fees must be paid to the school office.
Fees are received from 8:40 am to 1:30 pm on all working days.

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Dismissal & Withdrawal -

Before withdrawing a student from the school a month's notice is to be given or one month fee paid in lieu of notice.
A Transfer Certificate will be issued with a fee of Rs. 100/-
A Transfer Certificate will not be issued until dues to the school have been paid in full and that too only on receipt of a written application from the parents/guardians.
Any student failing two years in succession in the same class will be struck off the rolls and a Leaving Certificate will be granted on request.
Student whose ATTENDANCE IS IRREGULAR, who do not pay fees on time, WHO ARE HABITUALLY LATE OR ABSENT or lazy or disobedient, WHOSE CONDUCT IS INJURIOUS to the normal tone of the school or incompatible with strict discipline, or whose sickness is liable to be injurious to other students may be dismissed.
As a rule, students who are dismissed from the school are not to be admitted again.
The Principal's decision is FINAL in all cases of dismissal or withdrawal.

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