Book of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific
Research regarding the implementation of student discipline instructions
Instructions for student discipline in the institutions of
the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
Classification Education
Issuing Authority Iraq - Federal
Type of Legislation Instructions
Legislative Number 160
Legislative Date 2007
Legislative Effectiveness
Legislative Title Instructions for student discipline in the
institutions of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
Source Iraqi Gazette | Issue Number: 4034 | Date: 02/22/2007
| Number of Pages: 4 | Page Number: 2
Based
Based on 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 is committed to the following:
First - Adherence to the laws, regulations, internal
regulations, instructions and orders issued by the Ministry of Higher Education
and Scientific Research and its institutions (university, authority, college,
institute).
Second - Not to harm religious beliefs, national unity or
national feelings by harm or intentionally incite sectarian, ethnic or
religious strife by action or word.
Third - Not to harm the reputation of the Ministry or its
institutions by word or deed inside or outside it.
Fourth - Avoid everything that is inconsistent with
university behavior of high discipline and respect for the administration,
faculty and employees and relationships of fellowship and cooperation between
students.
Fifth - Disciplined and upright behavior that will
positively affect it when appointed and nominated for scholarships and study
fellowships.
Sixth - Refrain from any act that would disrupt the order,
tranquility and peace within the university campus (college or institute) or
participate in it, incite it or cover up for those who do it.
Seventh - Preserve the educational requirements and property
of the university, body, college or institute.
Eighth - Not to disrupt the smooth running of studies in the
college or institute.
Ninth - Adherence to the uniform prescribed for students,
taking into account the privacy of each university or institution separately.
Tenth - Avoid calling for the establishment of organizations
that would deepen division or practice any type of political, religious or
social persecution.
Eleventh - Avoid propaganda for any party or political
organization or ethnic, national or sectarian group, whether by hanging
pictures, banners and posters or holding seminars.
Twelfth - Not inviting party figures to give lectures or
hold party or religious propaganda seminars on campus in order to preserve
national unity.
Article 2
A student shall be punished by warning if he commits one of
the following violations:
First - Failure to adhere to the uniform prescribed by the
university or institution.
Second - Insulting the relationships of colleagues among
students or exceeding them by speaking to any student.
Article 3
A student shall be punished with a warning if he commits one
of the following violations:
First - An act that requires punishment with a warning, if
he has previously been punished with a warning.
Second - Disrupting the order, peace and tranquility in the
university, body, college or institute.
Article 4
A student shall be punished with expulsion for a period of
(30) thirty days if he commits one of the following violations:
First - An act that requires punishment with a warning, if
he has previously been punished with a warning.
Second - His verbal abuse of a university member other than
a faculty member.
Third - His defamation of a faculty member in a way that
offends him inside or outside the college or institute.
Fourth - His placing posters - inside the university campus
- that violate public order and morals.
Article 5
A student shall be punished by temporary dismissal from the
university for a period not exceeding one academic year if he commits one of
the following violations:
First - If he repeatedly commits one of the acts stipulated
in Article (4) of these instructions.
Second - Practices or incites sectarian or ethnic blocs or
political or partisan gatherings within the university campus.
Third - Actual assault on any of the university members
other than faculty members.
Fourth - Uses violence against his fellow students.
Fifth - Threatens to commit armed violence.
Sixth - Carries weapons of any kind with or without
permission within the university campus.
Seventh - Intentionally or through gross negligence causes
damage to the property of the university, authority, college or institute.
Eighth - Offends national unity or religious beliefs.
Ninth - Verbally abuses any of the faculty members inside or
outside the college or institute.
Tenth - Insulting the reputation of the university or the
authority by word or deed.
Eleventh - His deliberate disruption of the proper conduct
of studies.
Twelfth - Proof of committing fraud and deception against
his fellow students and members of the college or institute.
Article 6
The student shall be punished by final expulsion from the
college or institute by a decision of the university or the authority and his
registration shall be suspended if he commits one of the following violations:
First - Repeating one of the violations stipulated in
Article (5) of these instructions.
Second - Actual assault on a member of the teaching staff or
lecturers at the university, authority, college or institute.
Third - Committing a shameful act that is contrary to public
morals and ethics.
Fourth - Submitting any forged documents, books or papers
knowing that they are forged or being one of the instigators of forgery.
Fifth - Proof of committing an act that disturbs security
and tranquility within the university campus or participating in or assisting
in it.
Sixth - When he is sentenced for a felony or misdemeanor
that violates honor and the period of his sentence exceeds one year.
Article 7
First - The imposition of the penalties stipulated in
Articles (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) of these instructions on the violating
student does not prevent the imposition of other penalties if the violation
falls under the scope of the penal laws.
Second - If a criminal case is filed against the student for
an act attributed to him outside the university or institute, the consideration
of it shall be a disciplinary postponement until the criminal case is decided.
Article 8
The Dean of the College or Institute shall form a Student
Disciplinary Committee headed by the Assistant Dean and the membership of two
members of the teaching staff, provided that one of the members of the
committee is a legal expert. A representative of the Student Union (elected)
and one of the administrative employees shall be assigned to the duties of 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, and the
Council may delegate its powers to the Dean of the College or Institute.
Article 11
First - The penalty of warning and reprimand shall be final.
Second - A student dismissed from the College or Institute
for a period not exceeding (30) thirty days may object to the dismissal
decision before the College or Institute Council, and its decision shall be
final.
Article 12
The student has the right to object to the dismissal
decisions stipulated in clauses (second), (third) and (fourth) of Article (11)
of these instructions within (7) seven days from the date of notification of
the decision issued against him. If he cannot be notified, he has the right to
object within (15) fifteen days from the date of publishing the dismissal
decision on the bulletin board.
Article 13
The penalty decision shall be posted on the bulletin board
in the college or institute for a period of not less than (15) fifteen days,
and the student's guardian shall be notified thereof in writing.
Article 14
Higher Education Students Discipline Instructions No. (19)
of 1989 shall be cancelled.
Article 15
These instructions shall be implemented from the date of
their publication in the Official Gazette.
Dr. Abdul Dhiab Al-Ajili
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research
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