Cochin Arts and Science College
The following guidelines are issued to help the students to conduct themselves courteously and follow the highest standards of mannerly behaviour.
Mahatma Gandhi University Students’ Code of Conduct Rules-2005 introduced vide UO. No. 162/2004/2/Elen. dated 16 February 2005 has laid down rules for maintaining discipline in all Colleges affiliated with the university, which will be binding on all students at the College. The university order prohibits political activity inside the campus. Political activity is defined as “any act, activity or conduct by any student in a college by which political ideologies of any political parties recognized by the Election Commission are preached, professed, imparted or disseminated by speeches, visible representation or other means of communication whatsoever”.
Prohibition on political activity inside the campus means the following: –
In June 2009, the UGC notified a comprehensive set of regulations to curb the menace of ragging in educational institutions.
As per the UGC Regulations 2009, ‘Ragging’ constitutes one or more of any of the following acts:
The UGC regulations stipulate that students can be expelled from an institute and debarred from taking admission to any other institute for a specified period after being found guilty of the offence.
As per the regulations, any student can be fined up to Rs. 2.5 Lakhs if found guilty of ragging. The UGC regulations provide for justification of a student, a period from one to four semesters.
Depending upon the nature and gravity of the offence as established by the Anti-Ragging Committee of the institution, the possible punishments for those found guilty of ragging at the institution level shall be any one or any combination of the following:
The College Union is organized with the following objectives: