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Student Discipline Instructions in Institutions of the
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
Classification:
Education and Teaching
Issuing Authority:
Iraq – Federal
Legislation Type:
Instructions
Legislation Number:
160
Legislation Date:
2007
Status:
In Force
Legislation Title:
Student Discipline Instructions in Institutions of the
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
Source:
Iraqi Gazette | Issue No.: 4034 |
Date: 22/02/2007 |
Number of Pages: 4 |
Page No.: 2
Legal Basis
Pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph (2) of Article (37)
and Paragraph (2) of Article (47) of the Ministry of Higher
Education and Scientific Research Law No. (40) of 1988.
Article 1 / The student shall comply with the following:
First
Comply with the laws, regulations, internal regulations,
instructions and orders issued by the Ministry of Higher
Education and Scientific Research and its institutions
(university, commission, college, institute).
Second
Refrain from offending religious beliefs, national unity
or national sentiments, or deliberately provoking sectarian,
ethnic or religious discord, whether by action or speech.
Third
Refrain from harming the reputation of the Ministry or its
institutions by word or deed, inside or outside them.
Fourth
Avoid anything inconsistent with proper university conduct,
including discipline, respect for the administration,
teaching staff and employees, and collegial and cooperative
relations among students.
Fifth
Maintain proper disciplined conduct that will have a positive
effect when being appointed or nominated for scholarships
and study fellowships.
Sixth
Refrain from any act that may disturb order, security,
tranquility and peace within the university campus
(college or institute), or participating in, inciting,
or concealing those responsible for such acts.
Seventh
Preserve educational facilities and the property of the
university, commission, college or institute.
Eighth
Refrain from disrupting the proper conduct of study at
the college or institute.
Ninth
Comply with the prescribed uniform for students, while
taking into consideration the particular circumstances
of each university or commission.
Tenth
Avoid calling for organizations that deepen division
or practicing any form of political, religious or
social persecution.
Eleventh
Avoid propaganda for any political party or organization,
or ethnic, national or sectarian group, whether through
displaying pictures, banners and posters or holding seminars.
Twelfth
Refrain from inviting party figures to deliver lectures
or hold partisan or religious propaganda seminars within
the university campus in order to preserve national unity.
Article 2 / The student shall be cautioned if they commit
any of the following violations:
First
Failure to comply with the prescribed uniform at the
university or commission.
Second
Harm to collegial relations among students or verbally
insulting another student.
Article 3 / The student shall be cautioned if they commit
any of the following violations:
First
An act warranting a caution while having previously been
punished with a caution.
Second
Disturbing order, security and tranquility at the
university, commission, college or institute.
Article 4 / The student shall be suspended for thirty (30)
days if they commit any of the following violations:
First
An act warranting a warning while having previously been
punished with a warning.
Second
Verbally insulting an employee of the university who is
not a member of the teaching staff.
Third
Defaming a member of the teaching staff in a manner that
harms their reputation inside or outside the college
or institute.
Fourth
Placing posters inside the university campus that
disturb public order and morals.
Article 5 / The student shall be temporarily suspended
from the university for a period not exceeding one
academic year if they commit any of the following violations:
First
Repeatedly committing any of the acts stipulated in
Article (4) of these Instructions.
Second
Engaging in or inciting sectarian or ethnic groupings,
or political or partisan gatherings, within the
university campus.
Third
Physically assaulting an employee of the university
who is not a member of the teaching staff.
Fourth
Using violence against fellow students.
Fifth
Threatening to carry out armed acts of violence.
Sixth
Carrying any type of weapon, licensed or unlicensed,
within the university campus.
Seventh
Deliberately or through gross negligence causing damage
to the property of the university, commission, college
or institute.
Eighth
Offending national unity or religious beliefs.
Ninth
Verbally insulting a member of the teaching staff
inside the college or institute or outside them.
Tenth
Damaging the reputation of the university or commission
by word or deed.
Eleventh
Deliberately disrupting the proper conduct of study.
Twelfth
Proven commission of fraud or deception against fellow
students or employees of the college or institute.
Article 6 / The student shall be permanently dismissed
from the college or institute by a decision of the
university or commission and their enrollment shall be
cancelled if they commit any of the following violations:
First
Repeating any of the violations stipulated in Article (5)
of these Instructions.
Second
Physically assaulting a member of the teaching staff
or lecturers at the university, commission, college
or institute.
Third
Committing an indecent act contrary to public morals
and ethics.
Fourth
Submitting any forged documents, books or records while
knowing that they are forged, or being an instigator
of forgery.
Fifth
Being proven to have committed an act that disturbs
security and tranquility within the university campus,
or participating in or assisting in such an act.
Sixth
Being convicted of a felony or misdemeanor involving
dishonor where the period of imprisonment exceeds one year.
Article 7
First
Imposing the penalties stipulated in Articles (2), (3),
(4), (5) and (6) of these Instructions on a violating
student does not prevent the imposition of other penalties
if the violation falls under penal laws.
Second
If criminal proceedings are initiated against a student
for an act attributed to them outside the university or
institute, disciplinary consideration shall be postponed
until the criminal proceedings have been decided.
Article 8
The Dean of the college or institute shall form a Student
Discipline Committee chaired by the Assistant Dean and
consisting of two members of the teaching staff, one of
whom shall be a legal specialist, in addition to an
elected representative of the Students' Union. One of
the administrative employees shall be assigned as the
committee's rapporteur.
Article 9
No disciplinary penalty may be imposed unless recommended
by the Student Discipline Committee.
Article 10
The disciplinary penalties stipulated in these Instructions
shall be imposed by a decision of the College or Institute
Council. The Council may delegate its powers to the Dean
of the college or institute.
Article 11
First
The penalties of caution and warning shall be final.
Second
A student suspended from the college or institute for
a period not exceeding thirty (30) days may object to
the suspension decision before the College or Institute
Council, whose decision shall be final.
Article 12
A student may object to suspension decisions referred
to in Clauses (Second), (Third) and (Fourth) of Article
(11) of these Instructions within seven (7) days from
the date of being notified of the decision issued against
them. If notification is not possible, the student may
object within fifteen (15) days from the date the
suspension decision is published on the notice board.
Article 13
The disciplinary decision shall be posted on the notice
board of the college or institute for a period of not
less than fifteen (15) days, and the student's guardian
shall be notified of it in writing.
Article 14
The Higher Education Student Discipline Instructions
No. (19) of 1989 are hereby repealed.
Article 15
These Instructions shall enter into force from the date
of their publication in the Official Gazette.
