Our Twenty Courtesy Points
- All students should stand in respect when any teacher or a visitor enters the class room. They must remain standing till they are asked it sit. They must repeat the same gesture when the person leaves the class room.
- Students wishing to enter the class rooms when the teacher is in the room should wait outside the door for permission to enter.
- Always be polite and exhibit maximum courtesy when you speak to either a teacher or elderly person. Do not lounge when you do so.
- Treat old people with respect and help them whenever they need it.
- It would be courteous to say, "Can I help you?" to any stranger in the school building who obviously does not know the way around or need some help.
- When you find an adult trying to enter the same room that you would also like to enter, please stand aside and let him/her enter first and you later.
- If a teacher or any adult drops anything, it is polite to pick it up and hand it over to him/ her.
- If you are seated in a crowded bus and an old person gets in and finds no vacant seat, it is possible for you to stand up and offer your seat.
- Students should greet teachers with respect and adult known to them with respect either with both hands (Namasthe) or with the right hand (salute)
- When greeting people it is better to say "Good morning, good afternoon" etc. than "Hello".
- If you have to pass close in front of anyone always say "Excuse me sir or madam".
- When speaking to visitors in school, address a lady as "Madam" and gentleman as "Sir"
- Chewing (Gum, Sweets etc) in public is not polite and is forbidden in the class room.
- Cultivate the habit of quietness, controlled movement and speech.
- If you did not hear properly what was said to you. say "I beg your pardon"
- Say "Thank you" for any service rendered to you.
- Kindly maintain silence in library.
- In the class or in the hall when the teacher or a speaker is talking to the class or the assembly keep silent.
- I I you must cough or sneeze in public do it quickly into a Handkerchief but refrain from doing it, if possible.
- Final Note: The proof of genuine good manners is the constant practice of all these courtesy points in a natural effortless and unconstructive way.