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(d) An Emeritus Professor or an Adjunct Professor of the University shall not be
appointed as an external examiner.

(e) Subject to paragraph (2)(b), a former full-time teacher of the University may be
appointed as an external examiner provided that he has left the service of the
University for a period of not less than five years from his date of appointment as
an external examiner.

(f) A graduate of the University who was a former student of a candidate’s supervisor
may be appointed as an external examiner provided that he has completed his
studies at the University not less than five years from the date of his appointment
as an external examiner.

(g) In the case of an emergency, the Vice-Chancellor may appoint an external
examiner to examine the dissertation of a candidate provided that such
appointment shall be reported by the Faculty to the Senate as soon as possible.

(h) An external examiner appointed to examine the dissertation of a candidate shall
submit his report in the prescribed format not later than two months from the date
the dissertation is sent to him. The Faculty shall recommend to the Senate to
substitute an external examiner who fails to discharge his duties satisfactorily with
another external examiner.

(3) Master’s Degree by Coursework and Research The appointment of an external examiner
for the coursework component shall be as provided under subregulation (1) and the
appointment of an external examiner for the research component shall be as provided under
subregulation (2).

Internal Examiner

30. (1) Subject to subregulation (4) below, the Faculty shall appoint —

(a) a full-time or part-time teacher of the University as an Internal Examiner for the
coursework component; and

(b) a full-time teacher of the University to examine the dissertation of a candidate.

(2) An Internal Examiner appointed to examine the dissertation of a candidate shall possess the
qualifications, experience and expertise related to the candidate’s field of research.

(3) A part-time teacher of the University who has any consanguinity ties with the candidate shall
not be appointed to be the Internal Examiner to examine the candidate’s dissertation. In
certain circumstances, a full-time teacher of the University with consanguinity ties with the
candidate shall not be appointed the Internal Examiner to examine the dissertation of the
candidate except with the approval of the Senate.

(4) A tutor shall not be appointed as an examiner to examine any course, dissertation or
research report for any Master’s degree programme. However, a tutor may with the consent
and supervision of the course examiner, assist in the marking of answer scripts for that
course. For this purpose, ―answer script refers to any written or printed output
other than a dissertation or research report, submitted by a candidate in fulfillment of the
course requirements of his Master’s degree programme.

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