Royal College School Rules & Regulations

• Arrangements regarding all admission and application must be addressed by the Head teacher of Royal College Makindye Any other arrangements will be null and void.
• Students must fulfill all the school’s admission requirements before they are registered by the school within two weeks of the official reporting date.
• Breach of (a) and or (b) above or impersonation or forgery will be treated as an unlawful act committed by all parties involved and shall lead to a student to forfeit his/her place in the school

• Going out of school bounds without written permission from the Head teacher, Deputy Head Teacher shall lead to indefinite suspension. For this purpose a permission pass will be provided, which must be countersigned by the parent/guardian and immediately submitted to the issuing authority on return.
• Permission to move out of school is strictly reserved for the Head teacher and Deputy Head teacher only.
• The following areas are out of bounds to all students:-
  • The dormitories during class time or prep time.
  • All staff quarters.
  • Bars and Nightclubs.
  • Anywhere else outside the prescribed school compound. Breach of 2(b) (i), (ii) and (iv) may lead to suspension. Breach of 2(b) (iii) shall lead to indefinite suspension.

• Students must not possess more clothes than those allowed by the school authority.
• School uniforms and live in uniform must be kept clean and presentable at all times. Tempering with school uniform will be penalized as the case may warrant.
• The school uniform must be worn at all times from waking up until the end of the class hours i.e. Monday to Friday, for all Church services, on all official functions and when leaving or returning to school.
• Live in uniform will be used in the evenings, sports time, Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays and for social occasions and fieldwork.
• Club/movement T. shirts will only be used on Sunday.
• Students must keep their hair and nails short and neat and must not wear beards/moustaches, earrings, necklaces, rings, nail vanish, bangles, make up bracelets, dreadlocks, cornrows or pleated hair.

Breach of any of the above shall lead to warning, internal punishment, or suspension.

• All students must at all times obey and respect the school authority vested in the Head teacher, Deputies, Teachers, prefects, and all persons to whom the authority of the Head teacher may be delegated from time to time. Disobedience, obstruction, rudeness, insubordination, refusal to cooperate with authority, failure to carry out and submit academic assignments/exercise/researches etc, are acts which contravene this rule and shall lead to suspension ranging from not less than two weeks to indefinite.
• All students are expected to adhere to all notices put up giving instructions on what to do from time to time. Failure to comply with notices will lead to internal punishment.
• Promotion from one class to another shall be based on merit and all students shall be required to attain the pass mark as shall be established from time to time. Failure to attain the set pass mark will lead to internal punishment, demotion or suspension as the case may warrant.
• Every parent/guardian shall obey and respect each and everyone of these rules and in case of failure to do so, the child/protégé of the parent/guardian concerned may be punished, suspended or indefinitely suspended as the case may warrant.
• Every student and his parent/guardian shall execute an undertaking of obedience to the school rules and regulations set out herein on the form. Repeated breach of any of the school rules and regulations set out herein shall lead to suspension or indefinite suspension. Any student who abets or acts as an accomplice to the breach of any of these rules shall be guilty of an offence and shall be held liable

• Quiet and orderly behavior must be observed in the dormitories at all times. Retiring and wake up signals or bells shall strictly be adhered to. Breach of this rule shall lead to a warning, internal punishment, suspension or indefinite suspension.
• Unauthorized rests or visits to the dormitory shall be liable to the same punishment as in 7 (a) above.
• Under no circumstances is a student allowed to change dormitory or bed allocated to him/her with out permission from the Warden. Breach of this rule shall lead to internal punishment and/or suspension.
• Sharing of beds at any time is strictly forbidden and shall lead to suspension or indefinite suspension.

• Students shall not take any intoxicants or prohibited drugs and shall not have them in their possession, or act under their influence. Breach of this rule shall lead to suspension or indefinite suspension.
• Possession of smoking cigarettes, tobacco, pipes or any other noxious substances is prohibited. Breach of this rule shall lead to suspension or indefinite suspension.

• Immoral behavior, including but not limited to possession of pornographic materials, examination malpractices, boy-girl relationship, homosexuality, indecent exposure of one’s body, any form of sexual pervasion etc is forbidden and shall lead to indefinite suspension.
• Thefts shall lead to warning, suspension or indefinite suspension

• Students shall be visited only on prescribed occasions, at the prescribed times and within school premises. Breach of this rule shall lead to suspension.
• Under no circumstance shall parents/guardians or any other visitors be allowed into classrooms, dormitories, or any other specified area, unless permission by school is granted. Breach of this rule shall lead to suspension of the student.
• Parents/guardians or any other visitor are not permitted to carry into school any unauthorized items. Acceptance of such items by the student shall lead his/her indefinite suspension.
• On Visitation Days, parents/guardians shall meet their children inside the school compound as shall be pointed out by the school authority from time to time. Alcoholic drinks and toxic foods are prohibited.  Breach of this rule shall lead to suspension.

• All students shall accept the type and amount of food the school authority provides for meals. Breach of this rule shall lead to indefinite suspension.
• Students are prohibited from consuming any food or drink not provided by the school. Breach of this rule shall lead to suspension or indefinite suspension.
• Consuming foodstuffs and drinks in classrooms is prohibited. Food must not be carried from the kitchen or dinning hall to the dormitories, classrooms or other specified areas.  Breach of this rule will lead to punishment.