Admission Policy

GENERAL:
Parents/guardians are requested to fully acquaint themselves with the criteria and procedure for
admissions. The parents admitting the child/children will deem to have agreed to abide by this criteria
and procedure of Petals Growth Montessori and Junior School rules pertaining to admissions. No appeal shall lie against it.

NOTE:
All admissions before or on 5th December every year shall be liable to pay the pay the ‘Annual Resource
Charge’ again in the following March in full. Annual Resource Charge is payable each year at the
beginning of the academic year and shall paid in full at the time of admission irrespective of the joining
date in the academic year. The charge covers stationery, art & craft activities and material, beyond the
class room initiatives, Open Days, Photocopy of syllabi and learning materials, worksheets, student
assessment paper, work plans, school examination, instruction material, Montessori apparatus, EPL

Activities and In-house activities for the academic year:
a) The Tuition & fees are payable in advance on a two-monthly basis or for external examination classes on four-monthly basis, through the administration. In view of constant inflationary pressures, the fees are subject to review from time to time.
b) Fee Cards are normally issued with a “DUE DATE” of 23-27 days. After the expiry of “DUE DATE” the Fee Bill can be deposited with the late fee fine which is charged on a daily basis, till the expiry of “VALIDITY DATE” which is normally 12 days from the expiry of the “DUE DATE”.
c) Students whose fees remain payable after expiry of ‘DUE/VALIDITY DATE’ are issued periodic reminders and ultimately the ‘Final’ reminder’, thereafter which the student’s name will be struck off the school roll and outstanding dues adjusted against security deposit.
d) Parents/Guardians defaulting on fees payment, run the risk of making their children/wards liable to being struck off the school roll. The security deposit of students is adjusted against their unpaid Tuition and Fee balance. In such cases, re-admission is subject to vacancy and repayment of both the admission fee and security deposit at the prevailing rates.
e) The security Deposit is refunded in full at the time of the ‘withdrawal’ of the student after completion of studies or otherwise provided that the student has paid all his/her dues and the school has no justifiable claim outstanding.

RULES PERTAINING TO REQUEST FOR SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE:
If parents/guardians wish to withdraw their child from the school, ‘Request for School Leaving Certificate
Clearence’ Form must be filled, signed and submitted to the School Office. Parents need to submit the
Request for School Leaving Certificate Form before or on the 5th of every month or else the fee shall be
payable for the next month as per the PGMS policy. The Clearence Form shall be processed by the Head Office which may take a minimum of 7 working days from the date of application, subject to clearance of Tuition and Fees as per the PGMS policy and completion of Admission Record as outlined in the “Admission Form Pack”.

Furthermore;
i) If a student has not attended the school for a period of a month, unless arrangements for such an absence have been agreed with the Branch Head in writing by the parent/guardian; and/or.

ii) student fees have remained unpaid for two consecutive months;

iii) For students leaving mid-way, balance payment of tuition fee is not refundable.

iv) No refunds for any payments will be made if student is suspended on disciplinary grounds, and parent or guardian will be liable for paying up for any damages caused to the School property as per the student disciplinary procedure and/or as determined by the School management and shall not be required to give any notice before;

v) Student has failed in the same class for two consecutive years or, has failed to qualify for promotion on two different occasions in his/her school academic career.

vi) A student shall be deemed to be enrolled in Petals Growth Montessori and Junior School (PGMS) until he/she has completed his/her normal education, having taken his/her final examination. and all his/her dues with the School have been finally settled in which case he/she shall only be considered to be withdrawn after the outstanding fees/other dues (if any) payable up to the last month during which he/she appears for this/her last examination paper, are fully settled. This is valid for students wishing to retake exams or improvement of grades in any Examination system including Federal, local and/or Edexcel Board.

vii) For returning students, all previous dues including any fines must have been cleared. refusal to re-register and/or withholding of student records and progress reports.

viii) If the Parents request for school leaving certificate received before winter vacations and after 5th December every academic year then the parent/guardian will have to pay the school tuition and fees in full up to and including January and February Fee, as at this time, school cannot admit any student as this is the examination term and seat will have to remain vacant till the end of the year and the school pays winter vacation salaries to the faculty and staff.