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(e) two examiners who are experts in the field concerned appointed by the Faculty.
The examiners concerned may be the Internal or the External Examiner. As far as
possible, at least one of the examiners shall be an external examiner.

(2) Where the Dean of the Faculty is for some reason or other, unable to discharge his duty as
the Chairman of the Committee of Examiners or he is the supervisor or examiner of the
candidate’s dissertation, a professor or the Deputy Dean responsible for graduate
matters may discharge the functions of the Dean as the Chairman of the Committee
of Examiners.

(3) Where the Dean of the Faculty or the chairman of the Higher Degrees Committee or the
Deputy Dean responsible for the Master’s degree programme or the Head of Department or
programme Co-ordinator is the supervisor for the candidate concerned, he shall attend the
meeting of the Committee of Examiners by invitation and not as a member of the
Committee of Examiners.

(4) Members of a Committee of Examiners shall not delegate any powers to any person who is
not a member of the Committee of Examiners to represent him at any meeting of the
Committee of Examiners except with the written consent of the Vice- Chancellor.

(5) The Registrar or his representative shall be the secretary of meetings of the Committee of
Examiners.

(6) The quorum for any meeting of a Committee of Examiners shall be at least three persons
including one examiner.

(7) The supervisor shall be invited to attend a meeting of the Committee of Examiners to give
his views on matters under discussion but he has no right o participate in the evaluation or
any decision of the candidate’s dissertation.

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

(a) in respect of an examination for a dissertation, to consider the examiners’ reports
on the candidate’s dissertation, and to make a decision regarding the level of
achievement of the dissertation.

(b) In certain circumstances, the Committee of Examiners may conduct a viva voce
examination and/or other tests as may be deemed appropriate; and

(c) To report to the Senate on any matter concerning the standard and/or the conduct
of the examination.

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

(10) If an emergency occurs, the Vice-Chancellor may appoint any full-time teacher of the
University as a member of a Committee of Examiners on condition the appointment is
reported to the Senate as soon as possible.

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