Academic Integrity Policy

At Brainworks-Total-Taunggyi International group of schools, we believe in a discipline that comes from within. In a competitive society that emphasizes statistics and grades for students to further their academic choices, we at Taunggyi International School are not only heavily invested in their academic success, but equally invested in their progression as wholesome individuals with a moral fiber. A student’s moral awareness as it applies to the academic environment is foundational to his or her success. We understand the pressure that students have to perform under and we are all the more resolved to guide them through it. The school is highly committed to the value of academic integrity.

“In teaching, learning, and assessment, academic honesty serves to promote personal integrity, engender respect for the integrity of others and their work, and ensure that all students have an equal opportunity to demonstrate the knowledge and skills they acquire during their studies.” IB Career-related Programme, From Principles into Practice.

Academic integrity requires that students produce work that is their own work. In contrast, academic dishonesty is a student’s attempt to claim and show possession of knowledge and/or skills that he or she does not possess.

Academic dishonesty involves any attempt to obtain academic credit or influence the grading process by means that do not meet the expectations for academic integrity outlined in this policy.

Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to the following:

 

Responsibilities

All Students

 All Teachers

All Parents

 

Violation of Academic Integrity Policy

A teacher may choose to handle any academic integrity infraction himself or herself or refer it in a written form to the administrative office. Usually, unintentional or uninformed cases of Academic Dishonesty are treated with a warning. However, if a student is found practicing unfair means during an exam paper or encouraging any such activity, then the student’s academic work on that paper will be confiscated and considered ineligible for any merit/credit/grade. The said student may also face dismissal from the school.