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| What's the admission policy of St-Michaels? |
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Admission for Lower Nursery:
Admissions forms are given to pupils who have attained the
age of 3 1/2 to 4 years.
Admission for other Classes:
Admission to other classes will take place in the beginning
of the academic year, and if a vacancy occurs.
The school only deals with parents of the child & not
with any other parties in the case of admissions and all other
school matters.
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| What's the admission requirement of
St-Michaels? |
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For Lower Nursery:
The original birth certificate issued by any Municipal
Corporation / Cantonment Board along with Photostat copy thereof
must be presented at the time of collecting the registration
form.
For other Classes:
A student selected for admissions to class II and upwards
must produce a leaving certificate from the school last attended
before the admission is finalized.
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| When does St-Michael's open admission
for upper nursery & lower nursery? |
Ans. The admissions for morning shift
opens in the first week of January, while for afternoon shift
in the 1st week of June.
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| What are the admission requirements
for 'A' level? |
Ans. Admission is based purely on merit.
A student who has passed G.C.E ‘O’ Level Overseas
Examination of the University of Cambridge Local Examination
Syndicate for International Examinations or an equivalent
examination of any other recognized examining body are qualified
to apply for admission.
Merit will be evaluated on the basis of past academic records
(Prelims included), previous school recommendations and the
‘O’ Level results.
In order to qualify for admission a student must have a
passing grade in at least six ordinary level subjects and
a minimum ‘C’ grade in English Language.
No applicant may claim the right of admission to the ‘A’
Level by the mere fact that he has appeared for the GCE ‘O’
Level Examination from St. Michael’s Convent School.
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| Does St-Michael's have any international
affiliation or collaboration? |
Ans. St- Michael's is affiliated with
the Cambridge University , UK for 'O' Level GCE & 'A'
Level having the Cambridge registration No. PK 508.
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| What's the procedure of submitting
schools' fee or other dues? |
Ans. All dues may be paid by cross cheques,
or in cash, but deposit only in FAISAL BANK, Clifton branch,
Karachi through fee slips issued by the Fee Office.
All fee Slips will be distributed to the school, latest by the
date given below:
1st Qtr. (July-Sept) - with report cards.
2nd Qtr. (October-December ) - by first week of October.
3rd Qtr. (January-March) - by first week of January.
4th Qtr. (April-June) - by first week of April.
School fee should be paid promptly and in no case later than
the dates given against each of the following quarters :
1st Qtr. (July-Sept) - On or before 31st July.
2nd Qtr. (October-December ) - On or before 31st October.
3rd Qtr. (January-March) - On or before 31st January.
4th Qtr. (April-June) - On or before 31st April.
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| What's the assessment procedure for
the students through out the year? |
Ans. During the year there are regular
monthly assessments , a semester exam and a final examination.
In case of absence no re-test/exam will be given.
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| What are the facilities provided by
St-Michael's? |
Ans. Some of the facilities provided by
the school are:
- Library:
The school library remains open on all School days, Saturdays,
summer holidays and winter vacations except public holidays
and other holidays as notified by the Government from time
to time. All the course books, encyclopedias, dictionaries,
novels, magazines, news papers, story books, prospectuses
of different universities, reference books as well as internet
facilities is available with library.
- Laboratories:
The school has separate & fully equipped laboratories
for Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
- Computer labs:
There are five well maintained labs for Primary, Lower Secondary,
'O' Levels, 'A' Levels and ITRC (Virtual University) students,
with ISDN line for internet access.
- Medical:
St-Michael's possesses a medical room with a doctor &
nurse which are available for first aid and emergency. Medical
examination of the students is also conducted.
- Sports facilities for cricket, football,
volley ball, base ball, table tennis, badminton.
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| What are the extra-curricular activities
for students of St-Michael's? |
Ans.St-Michael's conducts many co-curricular
activities from time to time. Parents are requested to encourage
their children to take part in them. Some of the co-curricular
activities includes Sports including the annual sports day
per year which is being held with great zeal & enthusiasm,
inter schools competitions of sports, different other sports
events ,quiz competitions, dramas, art exhibitions, debates,
scouting etc.
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| How to contact a teacher or the administration? |
Ans. If you wish to contact a teacher
please send your email to the email address of school i.e.
smcs@st-michaels.edu.pk with the subject "For <'Name>
" ( Name of the teacher you wish to send email ). The
email will be delivered to the respective teacher. For contacting
the administrations send your email on same email address
with the relevant subject.
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| Does St-Michael's offer any summer
vacations' program? |
Ans. Yes, St-Michael's offers summer programs
which include summer program for sports, extra classes are
held of various subjects, variety of computer courses are
conducted by ITRC.
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| Can a teacher give private tuition
to students after school hours? |
Ans. The school authorities strongly discourage
the indiscriminate engaging of private tutors. No private
tutor should be engaged from the school without the prior
written permission of the Coordinator/Principal.
No teacher shall act as a tutor of a pupil of their own class
unless prior permissions of the Coordinator/Principal has
been obtained in writing.
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| What are the requirements for obtaining
a leaving certificate on withdrawal from St-Michael's? |
Ans. The intended withdrawal of the students
should be notified in writing by parents/guardians one month
before in advance, or one month's fee will be charged in lieu
of notice. A leaving certificate will be not be issued until
all the school dues are paid. A student applying for leaving
certificate before summer vacation will have to clear their
dues for the vacations month as well.
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| On which conditions does school struck
off any students name? |
Ans. Any student absent from school for
one calendar month without a letter explaining his/her absence
will be liable to be struck off the rolls. Such a student
may be re-admitted later, if there's a vacancy, on payment
of a fresh admission fee. The students whose names have been
struck off just one month before summer vacations will have
to clear their dues for the vacations months if a leaving
certificate is to be issued.
A student who fails second time in the same class will be
asked to leave the school. As the school upholds respect respect
for lawful authority as a basic principal is education, any
student taking part in a strike, procession or other public
demonstration not countenced by the school authorities will
be dismissed forthwith. The decision of the Principal in this
connection will be final.
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| What the are the school timings for
morning and afternoon shifts? |
Ans.
Morning shift:
From 7:45 a.m. to 1:10 p.m. (1:15 p.m. for classes above
class VIII)
Afternoon shift:
From 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (5:30 p.m. for classes above
Class V).
Note: The school will at all times posses the power and
authority to amend/and/or/ add any new rule(s) as may be deemed
expedient by it without any notice, either prospectively or
retrospectively.
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