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(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.

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

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

(5) A candidate who falls ill at the time he is sitting the examination for a course must report to the
chief invigilator or any invigilator who shall then arrange for the candidate to be examined
immediately by the University Student Health Doctor. The Doctor‟s report and the report of the
chief invigilator or the invigilator regarding the incident shall be forwarded as soon as possible
to the Dean of the Faculty but not later than seven days from the date of the examination for
the course concerned.

(6) A candidate who did not take the whole or the part of an examination for a course for which he
is registered without reasons acceptable to the Committee of Examiners shall be given a zero
mark for the whole or the part of the course.

(7) Where the candidate is required by the examiner or the Dean of the Faculty to submit an
assignment or any written work for a course within a prescribed period and where the
candidate fails to do so, he shall be deemed to have failed the assignment or written work
unless the examiner or the Dean of the Faculty has granted an extension of the period for the
submission of the assignment or written work.

Conduct of examination

34. (1) No candidate may be permitted to present himself for an examination for a course later
than thirty minutes after the start of the examination for that course. In special circumstances,
the chief invigilator may permit a candidate who arrives later than thirty minutes to sit for the
examination for the course if the chief invigilator is satisfied with the reason and evidence
provided by the candidate. The reason provided by the candidate shall be recorded by the
chief invigilator in his examination report and shall be presented together with the evidence
provided by the candidate at the meeting of the Committee of Examiners.

(2) A candidate who is late in presenting himself for the examination of a course and who is
permitted to sit for the examination under subregulation (1) shall not be given any extra time
for the examination.

(3) No candidate is permitted to leave the examination room until thirty minutes after the
commencement of an examination or fifteen minutes before the end of an examination.

(4) A candidate who is permitted by the chief invigilator or invigilator to leave the examination
room for a specific reason must be observed from the time he leaves the examination room
until he re-enters the examination room.

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