Circular No. 132 | Date: 06-Feb-2010

 

Out Going Call Facility for Students

The Outgoing Call Facility for students to call their families was under testing since the past few weeks. Henceforth, it is officially implemented from today for students of Grades 7 to 12 as detailed below:

1. By default, all students of Grades 7 to 12 are permitted to call their parent mobile numbers registered with the school. This is available only to the Indian mobile numbers.
2.

Parents wishing to extend this facility to their wards to call foreign countries must send in a written request along with the approved list of telephone numbers. The present charges for calling foreign countries are:

Called Country PER MIN* CHGS (incl taxes)
Australia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka 9.00
China, South Korea 7.00
Congo, Madagascar, Uganda, Spain, United Kingdom 11.00
Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, UAE 8.00
Singapore, USA 4.50











 

* Minute is rounded off to the next higher whole number

3.

Calling Limit: 150 minutes of calling permitted per month for every student

4. Max duration of a single call: 10 minutes
5. Calls made within India: Re.1.00 per minute or part thereof*
6. Call Timings: Saturdays: 2:00pm to 9:00pm, Sundays & other public holidays: 6:00am to 9:00pm (IST)
7. Requests for registration of additional phone numbers will be accepted in writing and will be activated in 3 working days.
8. The respective Student Imprest Accounts will be debited with the call charges at the end of each Academic Term and the same shall be binding on the parents.
9. This facility will be available only to those students whose Imprest Accounts are standing in a credit balance. If the Imprest Account of a student is overdrawn, this facility will be suspended until it is topped up and brought into credit sufficiently.
10. The School also reserves a right to deactivate this facility to any student on disciplinary/behavioural grounds or for attempting to misuse the system against the purpose for which it is made available.
11. If a parent does not want this facility activated for their ward, the same must be informed to the school in writing by email/fax and await the confirmation of the deactivation of the facility in writing.
12. Furnishing of micro details of the calls made by a student is possible if

a.    requested in writing within one month of the end of the term
b.    Rs.500 is paid in cash as a processing charge at the City Office along with the request

Please allow 10 working days for your request to be processed.

DISCLAIMER

This facility is implemented by procuring out-sourced modern telecommunication systems (hardware & software). The school or its staff/management cannot be held liable for its non-performance or its misuse and/or consequences thereafter. If the system is found to be detrimental to the institution or the students, the school reserves a right to suspend or completely withdraw the same at any point in time.

 

Director


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