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26. Where a consultant has been appointed to assist with the supervision of a candidate, the Faculty may
require the consultant to prepare and submit a report with regard to the thesis. The consultant‟s
report shall be tabled at the meeting of the Committee of Examiners for the examination of the thesis
of the candidate concerned.

Examination assessment of programme of study by Research

27. (1) The method of assessment shall be as follows:

(a) The method of assessment for a programme of study by Research shall be by
examination of the thesis and a viva voce with respect to the thesis concerned.

(b) A thesis shall be examined, evaluated and recommended by each examiner as to
whether it be —

(i) awarded a Pass or a Fail;

(ii) referred for corrections without re-examination; or

(iii) referred for further work and be submitted for re-examination.

(c) No mark or grade shall be awarded in the examination of a thesis.

(d) The candidate shall be required to attend a viva voce with respect to his thesis. The
Committee of Examiners has the power to determine the method of conducting a viva
voce with respect to the thesis of a candidate. The Committee of Examiners may, if
necessary, invite a teacher of the University who has the experience and expertise
related to the area of research of the candidate to attend the meeting of the
Committee of Examiners and the viva voce of the candidate concerned.

(e) The Committee of Examiners shall after considering the reports of the examiners, the
candidate‟s thesis and viva voce, decides and recommends that the thesis of the
candidate concerned —

(i) has achieved sufficient academic merit to be awarded the Degree without
any corrections;

(ii) has achieved sufficient academic merit to be awarded the Degree subject to
the candidate making corrections within six months without any re-
examination;

(iii) be referred for further work within a period of between six to eighteen months
as may be determined by the Committee of Examiners and be submitted for
re-examination before the expiry of the stipulated period; or

(iv) has not achieved sufficient academic merit and the candidate has failed in
the examination of his thesis.

(f) Notwithstanding subparagraph (iii), further work for a period exceeding eighteen
months shall only be recommended by the Committee of Examiners in special
circumstances and based on the reports of the examiners concerned.

(g) For the purpose of these Regulations, “further work” means revision and re-writing the
thesis including further research with respect to the topic of the research concerned.
“Re-examination” means the re-evaluation of the thesis of the candidate by the
Committee of Examiners after further work.

(h) A candidate referred for further work may required by the Committee of Examiners to
attend a viva voce with regard to his thesis for the second time.

(i) The results of the meeting of the Committee of Examiners shall be based on the
reports of the examiners and the performance of the candidate during the viva voce
and as far as possible be arrived at unanimously. Where no results can be reached
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