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(d) the co-ordinator of the field concerned who is responsible for any course or
programme of study not within the Department/Faculty;

(e) the external examiner concerned; and

(f) any Internal Examiner who is either a full-time teacher or any other person
appointed by the Faculty.

(2) The quorum for any meeting of a Committee of Examiners shall be the Chairman and one
third of the membership of the Committee of Examiners. In the case of a programme by
clinical coursework, the quorum shall be at least three members including the Chairman.

(3) A part-time teacher of the University may be invited to attend a meeting of the Committee of
Examiners.

(4) In the case of an emergency, the Vice-Chancellor may appoint any full-time teacher of the
University as a member of any Committee of Examiners provided that such appointment
shall be reported to the Senate as soon as possible.

(5) The functions of a Committee of Examiners are as follows:

(a) to consider the examination results in accordance with the Marking Scheme as
provided and to determine the candidates who have passed or failed in an
examination. Where distinction may be awarded, the Committee of Examiners
shall determine the candidates who may receive or be recommended for such
award;

(b) to recommend to the Faculty and the Senate where applicable, that candidates
who have failed the examination in any course be permitted to repeat the course
and to sit again for an examination for the course or not be permitted to sit again
for the examination and/or not be readmitted to the Master’s degree programme
concerned; and

(c) to report to the Senate on any matters relating to the standard and/or the conduct
of any examination.

(6) The Senate may amend from time to time the rules relating to the membership and functions
of the Committee of Examiners.

Programme of Study by Research

27. (1) The membership of a Committee of Examiners shall be as follows —

(a) The Dean of the Faculty as Chairman;

(b) The chairman of the Faculty’s Higher Degrees Committee or, in a Faculty where
the Deputy Dean responsible for matters relating to the Faculty’s Master’s degree
programme is not the chairman of the Faculty’s Higher Degrees Committee, the
Deputy Dean concerned;

(c) a Professor appointed by the Faculty;

(d) The Head of Department/programme coordinator of the Faculty; and
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