Attendance

Attendance

 Students’ attendance is compulsory at English Preparatory School Division.

Students not attending 20% of the classes and/or not fulfilling the requirements of the course for assessment receive an NG (nil grade) (See EMU Rules and

Regulations for further information).  At the beginning of each semester, absenteeism limit is calculated and announced to the students.  Students sign the ‘Attendance Record Sheet’ for each lesson they attend and the course instructors enter these onto the Portal every week. After attendance entry, instructors submit the ‘Attendance Record Sheet’ to the secretary.  If students have any problems regarding attendance, they need to write a petition (General Request Form) in the secretary’s office to the Assistant

Director for EPS Student and Administrative Affairs. Instructors are not authorised to permit students with excuses. Only reports/petitions validated by the Rector’s Office will be acceptable as an excuse for the students who are representing the university and have not attended classes.  Students are strongly advised to bring course books during lectures, as students without books will be recorded in the Attendance Record Sheet as absent.  In order to sit the final exams, students should not exceed the absenteeism limit determined and announced at the beginning of the semester (i.e. they should attend at least 80% of the total course in a semester). Students who exceed the absenteeism limit cannot take the exam and fail their course, so they need to repeat the same course.  Reasons for absenteeism (health reports, visa procedures, passport renewal, immigration procedures, etc.) are all considered within the 20% absenteeism limit. Doctor reports are included in the announced absenteeism limit.

 In which situations can students use the absenteeism limit?  When they are ill and need to see a doctor,  When they are ill and need to stay in bed,  When they need to go to their country for an urgent situation,  When they need to go to the airport to pick up a family member or a friend,  When they need to go to the embassy,  When they need to be with a friend who is ill or has any other problems,  When they need to visit a friend at the hospital urgently,  When they extend my bairam holiday or any other visits in their country,  When they cannot wake up because of a tiring night.