HOLIDAYS
          The college may observe the holidays as notified by the Punjab State Board of Technical Education and Industrial Training from time to time. Occasional holidays as are declared by Punjab Govt. or by the Deputy Commissioner Bathinda under special circumstances shall be observed in this Polytechnic College.

ATTENDANCE AND LEAVE
          Every student shall be required to attend not less than 75 percent of all lectures and tutorial and not less than 75 percent of practical respectively in aggregate in each semester and further to secure at least 60% attendance in each subject.(theory and practical separately) in each session.
         (i) A student who falls short of attendance shall be detained by the Principal of the Institute and will not allow appearing in the examination of the Punjab State Board of Technical Education and Industrial Training.
         (ii) Shortage of attendance can be condoned up to 5% of delivered lectures on medical grounds by the Principal, provided the medical certificate is submitted by the candidate within seven days of his return from medical leave and beyond that up to 5% by the Secretary, the Punjab State Board of Technical Education and Industrial Training in genuine cases.
         (iii) The lectures will be counted from the date of commencement of session to the last date before the preparatory holidays for the commencement of the theory examination for each semester.
         (iv) The absence will be fined at a flat rate of Re.0.50 per period of absence. An absentee with proper leave duly sanctioned by the Principal will, however, be exempted from absence fine.
         (v) The name of the student during the session is liable to be stuck off the rolls, if found absent for 10 consecutive working days without proper leave.
         (vi) A student whose name has been stuck off the rolls may however, be re-admitted by the Principal if he is satisfied that the absence of the student was due to circumstances beyond his control.
         (vii) Re-admission of such student will be made on payment by him of re-admission fee of Rs. 100 in addition to usual fine up to the date on which his name was struck off.
         (viii) A student absenting himself/herself from House Tests notified by the Principal or Cultural/ athletic/ games/ sports day etc., will be fined Rs. 50/-. In case of mass-cut, the absentee may be fined up to Rs. 50/- per day along with disciplinary action, at the discretion of the Principal.
         (ix) The request for condonation of lectures should originate from the students who should apply to the Principal within 7 days of his being absent from classes under extra ordinary circumstances such as accident, illness etc. A request for condonation of lectures after specified period (7 days) may be summarily rejected.

EXAMINATION RULES AND SYLLABUS
          Examination Rules are a binding on the student as framed by Punjab State Board of Technical Education and Industrial Training from time to time. The medium of instruction is English.
          The detailed syllabus framed by Punjab State Board of Technical Education and Industrial Training for the Diploma Courses being run at the Saraswati Polytechnic College is contained in the booklets and is available in the College library. It is also available on the website of the Board - www.punjabteched.com

GUIDELINES FOR CONDONATION
          1. The request for condonation of lectures should originate from the students who should apply to the head of the institution within 7 days of his being absent from classes under extra ordinary circumstances such as accident, illness etc.
         2. The Principal should ensure that this request reaches the office of the board within a week from the receipt of such request
         3. Photocopy of the medical certificate to be attached with the request. The medical should be from a Govt. hospital/dispensary. However if the student fall sick and obtain medical treatment from a private doctor then under such circumstances, the chief medical officer of the concerned area should authenticate the medical certificate as the antecedents of the private doctor issuing such a certificate could not be verified by the board.
         4. It has also been observed that the student has been obtaining certificate for indefinable diseases such as PUO/fever/dysentery. Whenever such a disease inflict a student then it is mandatory that a certificate be produced from Govt. officer.
         5. The Principal of the institution will forward the request for condonation of lectures and ensure that the duration of medical leave conforms to days of absence and there is no discrepancy in the number of shortage of lectures pertaining to theory and practical. Each should generally conform to the ratio of 50 : 50 . Photocopies of the relevant attendance record of the student should be sent to the board with condonation cases
         6. A request for condonation of lectures after period specified in Para 1 above may be summarily rejected.