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registered as a candidate for the Master’s degree programme concerned at the
time of the submission of his dissertation for examination, as the case may be;

(b) He has paid the prescribed fees; and

(c) Where applicable, the Dean of the Faculty has certified that the candidate has
attended the course or courses concerned satisfactorily as required.

Withdrawal from Examination

37. (1) A candidate who intends to withdraw from the examination of any course that he has
registered for in a semester shall submit a written notice giving reasons for the withdrawal
to the Dean of the Faculty at least two weeks before the commencement of the examination
period scheduled for that semester.

(2) No candidate may withdraw from the examination of any course when the period of
examination scheduled for the semester concerned has commenced unless otherwise
permitted by the Dean of the Faculty on grounds of extraordinary reasons supported by
documentary evidence.

(3) No candidate may withdraw from an examination of a dissertation where the dissertation
has already been submitted for examination.

(4) Where a candidate has withdrawn from the examination for all the courses for which he has
registered in a semester, that semester shall be counted as part of the maximum period of
his candidature. The Senate may on the recommendation of the Faculty approve, on the
basis of extraordinary reasons submitted by the candidate, that the semester concerned
shall not counted as part of the maximum period of the candidature of the candidate.

Absence from Examination

38. (1) A candidate who has registered and attended a course shall take the examination for that
course if he has not withdrawn or been barred from the examination concerned.

(2) A candidate who did not take the whole or part of the examination for the course shall notify
the Dean of the Faculty in writing giving reasons for his absence. The letter must be
forwarded within seven days from the date of the examination for the course concerned and
must be accompanied by—

(a) a medical report from a registered medical officer where the absence from an
examination is due to medical reasons; or

(b) a report from the district officer or government officer concerned where the
reasons for the absence from an examination is due to compassionate grounds.

(3) The letter from the candidate together with the reports as mentioned in subregulations (2)(a)
and (b) above shall be tabled at the meeting of the Committte of Examiners and the
Committee of Examiners shall recommend whether the candidate should be given a Grade I
or Grade F or a special examination for the course concerned.

(4) The Committee of Examiners cannot under any circumstances consider any request from a
candidate who has not sat for the examination of a course after theCommittee of Examiners
has met to determine the results for that course.

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