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Admission as a candidate for examination

31. A candidate shall not be permitted to take an examination in any course or submit any thesis for
examination unless —

(a) he has registered as a candidate for the course or courses which are prescribed for the
Degree programme of study at the time of taking the examination or has registered as a
candidate for the Degree programme of study at the time of submitting the thesis for
examination, as the case may be;

(b) he has paid the prescribed fees; and

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

Withdrawal from examination

32. (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 is permitted to withdraw from the examination of a course when the
examination period that has been scheduled for the semester concerned has
commenced unless otherwise permitted by the Dean of the Faculty on the basis of
extraordinary reasons that are supported by documentary evidence.

(3) No candidate may withdraw from an examination of a thesis where the thesis 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(4) Where a candidate has withdrawn from the examination for all the courses for which he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

33. (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course if he has not withdrawn or been barred from the examination concerned.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 reasons.
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