The Senate makes all the decisions for the proper management of the school

• The Registration process starts once a prospective learner accepts a prospectus and accepts the terms and conditions of the college as well as specific faculty rules and regulations. The learner is deemed to be fully registered once he or she fills in a signed registration form and Deposits the registration fees.

•  Registration can be cancelled if:

  • The candidate does not provide all the requirements needed to register for a specific grade including registration fees as well as tuition fees.

  • The candidate fails to meet the requirements of a certain grade and does not show enough evidence that he/she can complete the grade successfully. This may be failure to pass an entrance examination

  • The candidate Conceals material information or provides UNTRUE prior qualifications in order to enable him or her to register for the grade. This may be in form of faking or forging prior qualifications.

  • Cheats in an examination or plagiarizes to pass an examination administered by the institution.

  • Caught abetting cheating or plagiarizing in an examination room 

  • Fails to attend classes without a Doctor’s Certificate for more than a third of the year.

  • Insubordinates members of staff, fellow learners or starts fights in the school premises or even outside the school

  • Abets or performs criminal activities including theft, carrying prohibited weapons (including licensed) and fraud within the school premises.

  • A learner de-registers voluntarily by filling in DE-REGISTRATION FORM.

  •  Fails to pay tuition fees for more than three months.

• All assignments must be done and returned to the educator who issued them or to the administrator designated to return such assignments. They must be handed in on or before the return date.

• Plagiarisation or copying (examination cheating) is a serious offence.  All practical assignments are part of continuous assessments and must therefore be accorded the same importance as they form a part of the overall marks. Practical assignments must be finished on time. Group practical assignments must have reports from every member of the group and learning outcomes strictly stipulated must be met and seen to have been met. In case of individual assignments, a report must be handed in after the assignment stipulating the outcome of the assignment and problems if any that the leaner encountered and how he/she was able to resolve them.

• No dangerous weapons allowed in the premises e.g. Guns, knives, machetes, pen knives. No fighting or disrespect. No drugs allowed in the school. No stealing or vandalizing of either school property or other students property. Pornography is strictly prohibited in the school premises.

• Smoking and Drugs. Johannesburg Polytech Institute is a smoke free educational zone. No smoking within and around the school premises is allowed. Drugs are strictly prohibited.

• Alcohol and alcoholic drinks are strictly prohibited in the premises. No eating or drinking in the lecture rooms

• Punctuality. Avoid spending more time in the computer and other facilities to the detriment of others after your time is over. Always carry your student card to be allowed to use the school facilities. Cell phone are strictly prohibited in the school. Once caught they will be confiscated and only returned at the end of the academic year. Language: uncouth language towards other students and educators and making excessive noise, etc not allowed, racial and derogatory terms including xenophobic terms, meant to humiliate sections of the community in a discriminative way are strictly prohibited. Johannesburg Polytech Institute believes in non-racial, non-sexist, non-discriminative society where no one is discriminated on whatever grounds.

• Class Attendance: You must attend all classes. In case of absence without leave of absence, a doctor’s certificate must be provided.

• Fees are payable up-front on or before the 2nd of every month. Fees once paid are not refundable. Tuition fees do not include books and stationery. School Equipment: defacing, stealing, destroying or malicious damage of school equipment is a very serious crime which may lead to deregistration or prosecution. Students must respect school property at all times.

• Indemnity: I hereby indemnify Johannesburg Polytech Institute, its workers, employees, management and agents from any legal costs which may arise due to any risk, damage of property, accidents, loss of property or loss of life including death whilst I am in the their premises.

• These rules are but general. A full set of rules and regulations can be found on the registration form. General rules and regulations are subject to change from time to time and can be accessed through the school website.