Academic Integrity Policy at Tharwah Academy

Academic Integrity
Academic integrity refers to the ethical use and dissemination of information, serving as a fundamental principle for training and ensuring respect for intellectual property rights. This principle is core to the e-learning practices on Tharwah Academy’s platform. The Academic Integrity Policy outlines the standards within Tharwah Academy to ensure that both trainers and learners uphold ethical values and academic honesty when engaging with e-learning. All participants in the academy are expected to adhere to this policy.

Principles of Academic Integrity at Tharwah Academy
Tharwah Academy upholds high academic standards and expects learners to act responsibly, honestly, and consistently with the principles of academic integrity, particularly when completing assignments, tasks, and assessments.

  1. Learner Responsibility:
    Learners must submit original work that demonstrates their personal achievement of the course outcomes.

  2. Support and Guidance:
    The academy provides ongoing technical and training support to ensure that learners understand and comply with the requirements of academic integrity.

  3. Trainer Responsibility:
    Trainers are expected to apply academic integrity principles when delivering educational content by citing references and sources used.

Ensuring Academic Integrity

  • By using this platform, learners agree to abide by the principles of academic integrity.
  • Tharwah Academy ensures compliance with intellectual property rights and copyright laws through:
    • Reviewing and monitoring content to detect plagiarism using approved software.
    • Providing clear instructions to learners on adhering to intellectual property and copyright laws.
    • Emphasizing the need to cite academic references in training content and holding learners accountable for any violations.
  • Non-compliant content will be immediately removed, and appropriate disciplinary actions will be taken against violators.
  • Policies will be monitored by the supervisory body and users of the system to ensure adherence.
  • Violations of academic integrity will be dealt with in accordance with Tharwah Academy’s regulations.

Forms of Academic Integrity Violations

  1. Cheating:

    • Cheating on training activities or assessments, including using unauthorized resources during tests and assignments.
    • Acquiring exam questions beforehand or having another person take the test or submit assignments on one’s behalf.

  2. Impersonation:

    • Claiming another’s identity during synchronous sessions or assessments.

  3. Forgery:

    • Altering or misrepresenting available information or submitting forged documents during tests or learning activities.

  4. Exploitation of Others' Efforts:

    • Assigning others to perform any electronic tasks or activities required of the learner.

  5. Plagiarism:

    • Using others’ work without authorization or proper citation in training tasks or assignments.

Disciplinary Actions for Academic Violations

  1. Cancellation of test or assignment results, or any requirement necessary to pass the course or activity.
  2. Removal from the course without refund of paid fees.
  3. Temporary or permanent suspension from accessing the platform.
  4. Permanent expulsion from Tharwah Academy, with prohibition from enrolling in any future courses or programs.

Jurisdiction
By using this platform, you agree to submit exclusively to the judicial authorities of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for any claims or disputes arising from your use of the platform. Arabic will be the official language used to resolve any disputes related to the platform or its content.

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