Regulations
For First Degree, Postgraduate Diploma, Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma And Certificate Programmes
- Application of Regulations
- Interpretation
- University Examination Board
- Prescribed Examinations
- Format And Duration Of Examination
- Absence From Examinations
- Allocation of Grades and Passing Marks
- Supplementary examinations
- Registration Status
- Transfer Between Programmes & Termination Of Candidature
- Recommendations for The Award Of Degree, Diplomas & Certificates
- Faculty Examinations Board
- Departmental Examinations Board
- Arrangement of Examinations
- Instructions to Candidates
- Examinations Not Properly Conducted
- Breach Of Examination Regulations
- Secrecy of Examinations Proceeding and Results
- Release of Examinations Results
- Date Of Award Of Degrees, Diplomas And Certificates
- Appeal For Review Of Examination Results & Classification Of Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates
- Application Of Regulations
- Amendments To Examinations Regulations
Breach Of Examination Regulations
- If a candidate has been found to have committed a breach of any of Regulations 65 to 68, the matter shall be reported to the Vice-Chancellor who shall set up an ad hoc committee to enquire into and investigate the matter. The ad hoc committee shall consist of the following:
An Assistant Vice-Chancellor named by the Vice-Chancellor as Chairman,
The Dean of the Faculty concerned,
The Head of Department concerned,
The Dean of another Faculty named by the Vice-Chancellor,
The Registrar and Secretary,
The Assistant Registrar (Examinations) as Secretary.
- The ad hoc committee mentioned in Regulation 73 shall allow the candidate to be heard and to put forward an explanation in writing. On completion of the enquiry, the ad hoc committee shall submit its report to the University Examinations Board. If the ad hoc committee finds that the candidate has committed a breach of any of these regulations, it shall recommend any one or any appropriate combination of the following actions to be taken:
- that the candidate be given a warning in writing; or
- that the candidate has failed the question paper and will not be permitted a supplementary examination for that course; or
- that the candidate has failed all courses in the Semester Examination and be required to repeat all the courses for that semester provided that this does not go beyond the maximum period of candidature permitted under the Regulations governing the programme and provided further that the candidate shall not be permitted a supplementary examination even if supplementary examinations are permitted under the relevant Regulations; or
- that the candidate has failed the whole Semester Examination and be suspended from taking any courses and examinations of the University for such duration as the Board may determine; or
- that the candidate has failed the whole Semester Examination and be expelled from the University (in which case the candidate will not be eligible for re-admission to the University under any circumstances); and
- that the Registrar and Secretary be authorised to give public notice of the breach of examination regulations, the name of the candidate involved and the punishment meted out.
- A decision of the University Examinations Board shall be duly recorded in the candidate’s personal file.
- A candidate may appeal to the Senate against the decision of the University Examinations Board arising from a breach of any examination regulation. The decision of the Senate in respect of any appeal shall be final.
