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(8) The supervisor may be invited to attend the meeting of the Committee for the purpose of
advising on matters under discussion but he does not have the right to participate in the
consideration and the results of the examination of the candidate’s thesis.

(9) The Committee of Examiners shall consider the examiners’ reports with regard to the
thesis of a candidate, conduct viva voce and arrive at a decision regarding the level of
achievement of the thesis in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations in its
recommendation to the Senate. The Committee of Examiners shall also report to the the
Senate on any matter concerning the standard or conduct of an examination

Programme of study by Coursework and Research

23. (1) Separate Committees of Examiners shall be required for the coursework component and
the research component.

(2) The Committee of Examiners for the research component shall be as provided under
subregulation 22(1) above.

(3) The membership of the Committee of Examiners for the coursework component shall
comprise the following as approved by the Senate:

(a) The Dean of the Faculty as Chairman;

(b) The Chairman of the Faculty’s Higher Degree Committee or the Deputy Dean in
charge of postgraduate programmes in a Faculty where the Deputy Dean is not the
Chairman of the Faculty’s Higher Degree Committee;

(c) A professor appointed by the Faculty;

(d) The Head of Department or Coordinator of Programme or the Chairman of Division
concerned;

(e) The coordinator of the field concerned who is responsible for any of the course or
programme of study not within the Department/Faculty;

(f) The external examiner concerned; and

(g) Any examiner who is a full-time teacher or any other person appointed by the
Faculty.

(4) The quorum for the meeting of the Committee of Examiners for the coursework
component is the Chairman and one-third of the members of the Committee of
Examiners.

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

(6) Members of the Committee of Examiners shall not delegate to any other person who are
not members of the Committee of Examiners to represent him in any meeting of the
Committee of Examiners.

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