BVM INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ONLINE PAYMENT- TERMS & CONDITIONS

This online payment system is provided by INSTITUTION viz. BVM INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (A unit of BVM GLOBAL EDUCATION TRUST is now here by referred as BVMi).

BVMi may update these terms from time to time and any changes will be effective immediately on being set out here. Please ensure you are aware of the current terms.

Parents agree and accept the terms and conditions as set out herein.

1. Terms & Conditions of Service

BVMi rules and regulations apply to all transactions along with special conditions imposed for all activities including internet based application. Please go through the conditions carefully and if you accept them, you may continue to transact on the website. Please note that using the online payment facility on this website indicate that you are deemed to have agreed to the terms and conditions set forth below. If you do not agree with all these terms and conditions, you must not transact on this website. Once you have clicked the 'I Agree' button at the bottom of these Terms and Conditions you have entered into a formal agreement with BVMi for the purpose of all transactions as set out herein on this website. This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and BVMi and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral, or written, between the user and BVMi with respect to all transactions including online payment on this website. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form this agreement is made between: BVMi and The User (“You”).

All payments are subject to the following conditions:-

1. All amount quoted are in Indian Rupees.
2. BVMi reserves the right to change the amount at any time.
3. BVMi reserves the right to review continuance of your ward in the school at anytime.
4. Your payment will normally reach the BVMi account to which you are making a payment within two working days.
5. We cannot accept liability for a payment not reaching the correct BVMi account due to you quoting an incorrect account number or incorrect student details. Neither can we accept liability if payment is refused or declined by the credit card/debit card/Net Banking supplier for any reason.
6. If the card supplier declines payment, BVMi is under no obligation to bring this fact to your attention. You should check with your bank/credit card/debit card supplier that payment has been deducted from your account.
7. In no event will BVMi be liable for any damages whatsoever arising out of the use, inability to use, or the results of use of this site, any websites linked to this site, or the materials or information contained at any or all such sites, whether based on warranty, contract, tort or any other legal theory and whether or not advised of the possibility of such damages.

2. YOUR OBLIGATIONS AS A PARENT

1. General Obligations: You shall access our web site only for lawful purposes and you shall be responsible for complying with all applicable laws, statutes and regulations in connection with the use of our web site and your ward studying in our school.


2. Information Provided: The information you provide must be complete and accurate. BVMi reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as BVMi deems necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or Governmental request. Non-authorization of payment more than once by payment gateway for processing fee paid by you is liable to result in deregistration of your account with this site, without any notice.


3. Applicant Responsibility: You confirm to us that you are 18 years of age or above and have the legal capacity to enter into this Agreement with us and that all information you provide in respect of your use of the service is true and accurate to the best of your knowledge and belief. You are responsible for the security of your password and for all transactions undertaken using your password through our service. You confirm that you are the authorized holder of the credit card or debit card or the original account holder used in the transactions you make using the site and you alone use the "id" and "password" you have created in the site. BVMi will not be responsible for any financial loss, inconvenience or mental agony resulting from misuse of your ID/password/credit card number/debit card number account details number for payment for application fee on this site.

3. Code of Conduct

Definition: Institution/School refers to BVMi (including its affiliates, sister organisations and or subsidiaries) and Staff of the school includes teaching, non-teaching, sub-staff, support staff and domestic staff of this institution (including its affiliates, sister organisations and or subsidiaries)

Parent of the school agrees to :
1. Respect and follow all applicable rules and regulations of the school as in existence and that may be amended from time to time.
2. Respect the rights of others and treat members of Teaching staff, members of school community, especially those in position of authority regardless of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability.
3. Show care and respect for school property and the property of others.
4. Respect the need of others to work in an environment that encourages learning and teaching.
5. Seek help from school staff, if necessary, to resolve conflict peacefully and not swear at a teacher or at another person in a position of authority.
6. Not divulge or disclose or handover to any person whomsoever including competitors, parents of other school, make any use whatsoever for own purpose or for any other purpose any confidential information or secrets or proprietary information or intellectual property, know-how, trade secrets, operations know how, or knowledge learnt/ gained / obtained from the school BVMi (including its affiliates, sister organisations and or subsidiaries during the course of their ward studying in the school and for a period of 60 months after the parent & their ward leaves the school) including on curriculum, syllabus, educational technology, all school data including fee structure, confidential information, technical specifications, drawings, processes, and systems etc .
7. Not transact with or solicit or continue existing trade/business or start a new one individually, or in association with the Teaching and Non- Teaching staff or with other past or present staff of this institution.
8. Not to directly or indirectly solicit for employment any person who is now employed with BVMi including its affiliates, sister organisations and or subsidiaries during the course of their ward studying in the school and for a period of 60 months after the parent & their ward leaves the school.
9. Not to employ the existing staff of the institution during or after school for tuition or coaching or for any other purpose including agencies, consultancy, retainer etc.
10. Not to directly or indirectly continue with or associate or engage in financial activities such as lending, borrowing money, investment in chits or in mutual funds or in share market individually or in association with existing employees of this institution.
11. Not to directly or indirectly offer any kind of monetary amounts or non-Monetary gifts etc to Teaching Staff /sub-staff/support Staff /domestic staff of the school.
12. Not to lend or avail loan to/from the teaching staff /sub-staff/support staff/ domestic staff of the school in the form of kind or cash.
13. Not use defamatory, offensive or derogatory comments regarding the school or any of the pupils/parents/staff at the school on social media sites.
14. Handle the assets of school with utmost care and should not intentionally damage or destroy school property or the property of a teacher, administrator.
15. Not disrupt the orderly conduct of classes, school programs or other school activities.
16. Not distribute or wear materials on school grounds or at school functions that are obscene, advocate illegal action, appear libellous, obstruct the rights of others, or are disruptive to the school program.
17. Not intimidate, harass or discriminate against any staff of the institution on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation or disability.
18. Not enter any portion of the school premises without authorization or remain in any building or facility after it is normally closed.
19. Not consume, sell, distribution or exchange cigarettes/tobacco or alcoholic beverages, controlled substances, or be under the influence of either on school property or at a school function.
20. Not use weapons in or on school property or at school function, except in the case of law enforcement officers on official duty. Not loiter on or about during school functions.
21. Not to gamble on school property or at school functions.
22. Refrain from provoking others to commit any of the acts prohibited by this code.
23. That the school has the sole right, title and interest over such pedagogy, curriculum design, development, classroom transactions / management, inventions, know – how, improvements, discoveries and the school owns the intellectual property rights over them.
24. That BVMi & related parties (including its affiliates, sister organisations and or subsidiaries) own many trademarks, word marks, copy rights & brand name(s) and parents agree & undertake not to use or misuse these trademarks, word marks, copy rights and brand name(s) at all times
25. That during the course of studies of their wards or thereafter, parents may and are likely know certain information about BVMi School, its operation, clients, prospects, plans, products & service, financial condition, properties, proprietary information, intellectual property, trade secrets and/or know-how. Parents agree that all such information whether oral, written, or recorded/electronic, and regardless of the manner in which it is furnished are known as "Proprietary Information." The term "Proprietary Information" shall also include all reports, summaries, compilations, analyses, notes or other information. Parents agree not to disclose the Proprietary Information to any third parties and agree to not divert or attempt to divert any business or customer of BVMi. Parents agree that they shall not directly or indirectly reverse-engineer, decompile, or disassemble any technical knowledge, know how, software disclosed to them. Further parents specifically agree that any non-written Proprietary Information is also subject to the terms of this agreement.
26. Parents understand that violating the code of conduct may result in serious consequences. Parents specifically agree that failure to adhere to code of conduct or found in violation may result in legal action against concerned parent and the person(s) to whom the information was divulged. Parents agree that violating the Secrecy, Confidentiality and Code of Conduct may result in serious legal consequences against them.

4.Limitation of Liability:

BVMi shall not be liable to you save as expressly provided for in these terms and conditions and shall have no other obligations, duties or liabilities whatsoever in contract, tort or otherwise arising out of the use of the service or connection to the website.

5.Accuracy of Information:

We shall use reasonable endeavours to check the accuracy of the information published on this website. We give no warranty as to the accuracy of such information given on our website and reserve the right to amend and vary the contents of this web site from time to time without notice. The BVMi Sites/Services may contain links to third party websites ("Linked Sites"). The Linked Sites are not under the control of BVMi and BVMi is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site.

We shall use reasonable endeavours to check the accuracy of the information furnished by you as a parent. We reserve the right to amend and vary the contents of the terms and conditions, admission process and procedures from time to time without notice.

6.Exclusion of Liability:

BVMi shall not be liable to you for any of the following types of loss or damage arising out of your use of BVMi website and the service whether in contract or tort (including any liability for negligence howsoever arising out of or in connection with the performance of our obligations in the provision of the website and this service):

1. Loss of revenue, business, anticipated savings or profits; or
2. Any indirect or consequential loss howsoever arising.

7. Force Majeure:

We shall not be liable to you in respect of any delay in performance of these terms and conditions or delay in performance or breach of the terms and conditions due to any event or circumstances beyond our reasonable control.

8.Disclaimer:

BVMi is not responsible for wrong application due to incorrect details furnished by the user.

9. Refund Policy

If the Parent takes their ward after the start of school, or leaves BVMI before they complete their course, there shall be no entitlement to a refund of BVMi Learning Experience amount and related payments.

Refunds, if applicable, at the discretion of the Management, will only be made as per the sources of debit/credit card used for the original transaction. For the avoidance of doubt nothing in this Policy shall require BVMI to refund the Fees (or part thereof) unless such Fees (or part thereof) have previously been paid.

In the event there is any claim for/ of charge back by the user for any reason whatsoever, such user shall immediately approach BVMi with his/ her claim details and claim refund from BVMi alone. Such refund (if any) shall be effected only by BVMi via payment gateway or by means of a demand draft or such other means as BVMi deems appropriate. No claims for refund/ charge back shall be made by any user to the Payment Service Provider(s) and in the event such claim is made it shall not be entertained.

In these Terms and Conditions, the term “Charge Back” shall mean, approved and settled credit card or net banking purchase transaction(s) which are at any time refused, debited or charged back to merchant account (and shall also include similar debits to Payment Service Provider's accounts, if any) by the acquiring bank or credit card company for any reason whatsoever, together with the bank fees, penalties and other charges incidental thereto.

Refunds, if applicable, are at the sole discretion of the Management only and by signing this agreement, parents agree to this refund policy

10. Privacy Policy

BVMI respects and protects the privacy of the individuals that access the information and use the services provided through them. Individually identifiable information about the User is not wilfully disclosed to any third party without first receiving the User’s permission, as covered in this Privacy Policy.

BVMI respects and protects the privacy of the parents and their wards.

BVM as a policy asks its 3 rd party vendors & service providers to guarantee data security & respect privacy concerns and parents are adviced to bring to notice of any problem or issue they may have noticed or heard of

Parents and students must guarantee data security of the School.

Parents and students must respect and protect the privacy of the School, its staff, its teachers, its management and fellow students & parents.

11. On Line Payment Fee charges

The fees to be paid by the Customer/Parent shall be computed and paid as specified herein below:

Terms of Payment:

1. Service Tax and other tax / taxes if any applicable, will be charged in addition. (to be collected from parent)
2. The transaction-processing fee is based on the current level of interchange/clearing house charges/Participating Bank charges. Any additional charges levied by these entities now or any time in future for processing of such transactions or on account of failed transactions etc. will be charged to parent in addition to the above mentioned transaction processing fee.
3. In respect of any failed transactions of any of the parents, processed through this service, the transaction failure charges payable if any to the Participating Banks, in respect of the failed transactions shall be charged additionally.

12. School fees – Terms and Conditions

• School fees can be paid via On-Line payment gateway only
• Parent of students who commence the academic year are liable to pay the full year fees and therefore this becomes a “due” at the beginning of the academic year.
• Parents are given option to make payment of the entire annual fee in 1 or 2 instalments.
• Parents may kindly note that payment of second semester fee is compulsory in case the child attends even one day of Semester one.
• Payment of first semester fees after closure of online payment gateway will attract payment of fees for both semesters together with re-admission fees.
• Payment of second semester fees after closure of online payment gateway will attract payment of re-admission fees.
• The On line payment gateway will open from 4-March to 26-March in case of Semester one and open from 21-August to 3-September in case of Semester two of every year.
• Parents to note that “dues” if any of earlier period must be cleared first in order for the gateway to accept current payments.
• Grade 11 & 12 will require payment of one time registration fee and fees are expected to be higher as compared to grade 10.

Withdrawal from School
• Request for Transfer Certificate (TC) must be made through online on or before 3rd March of every year.
• Any TC request between 4th March and 31st March will entail payment of 1st Installment fees for the next academic year.
• Any TC request made on or after 1st April will entail payment of full year's fees of the next academic year.
• Parents who wish to discontinue and take TC in the middle of the academic year, will have to pay second instalment (if any) before applying for TC.
• TC will be issued only after clearance of all dues if any (from School, Office, Library, Class Teacher etc.)
• TC will be issued within 15 working days from the last working day of the ward mentioned in the TC request application, provided all formalities including dues are cleared.
• Parents of students who commence the academic year. (ie attend even one day of school during that academic year) and wish to apply for TC are liable to pay the full year fee and thus becomes due at the beginning of the academic year itself.

IMPORTANT: By submitting a payment through the online-payment gateway website you are agreeing to all the terms and conditions including any updated changes in terms and conditions from time to time through our website.

By signing on this contract of agreement you are agreeing to all the terms and conditions including any updated changes in terms and conditions from time to time.

Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of India under the jurisdiction of the High Courts at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.