Vientiane International School

Vientiane International School attempts to admit only those students able to profit from the educational programs offered by the school. The expectation is that all students can and will be successful. Students who do not meet the minimum academic standards are placed on academic probation. Placement on academic probation is meant to warn that a student is having serious difficulties performing at an acceptable level.

       At the end of each grading period, the teachers, Coordinator, Counselor and the Director review students' report cards and identify those who are not finding academic success. Parents are notified by letter should a student be placed on academic probation. Students placed on academic probation are not eligible to participate in any extracurricular activities.

Responsible And Ethical Behavior

All students enrolled at VIS are required to demonstrate responsible and ethical behavior. The Diploma Programme General Regulations state (Article 9) that candidates are required to act in a responsible and ethical manner throughout their participation in the Diploma Programme and examinations. In particular candidates must avoid any form of behavior that results in, or may result in, the candidate or any other candidate gaining an unfair advantage in one or more assessment components. Examples of such malpractice include:

(a) plagiarism: this is defined as the representation of the ideas or work of another person as the candidate's own. Any work submitted directly from a source when it is not properly enclosed in quotation marks and acknowledged by citation, bibliography or references are considered to be plagiarism. This includes re-arrangement of phrases from outside sources.
(b) collusion: this is defined as supporting malpractice by another candidate, as in allowing one's work to be copied or submitted for assessment by another. VIS considers any incident of academic cheating or plagiarism very serious. As a college preparatory school, VIS has responsibility to teach students correct research practices. Therefore, when a student does not follow these practices, a grade of 0 will be given to the assignment.

The consequence of malpractice is defined by the IBO thus (in article 25, item 5): If the final award committee decides that a case of malpractice has been established, no grade will be awarded in the subject(s) concerned. No diploma will be awarded to the candidate.