University of Education, Examination Rules and Regulations
University of Education, Examination Rules and Regulations
I. A student who does not take continuous assessment does not qualify to take end of semester
examination.
II. It is the responsibility of the candidate to find the examination room well in advance and to be seated
at least fifteen (15) minutes before the commencement of any examination paper.
III. Candidates are required to use their index numbers (written in full) throughout the examination.
IV. Under no circumstances must a candidate’s name be written on any part of the Answer Booklets
provided. Candidates who fail to comply with this regulation shall be penalized.
V. A candidate arriving late may be refused entry to the examination hall/room. Normally no candidate
will be allowed to leave the examination room during the first half-hour of the period allowed for a
paper or enter the examination room after the half-hour. Any exception to this rule must be reported
in writing to the relevant Head of Department.
VI. Any candidate leaving the examination room and intending to return must be accompanied while
outside the examination room by an attendant.
VII. Candidates may be required at any time to establish their identity.
VIII. No books, bags, prepared notes, or papers of any kind are to be taken into the examination room
unless otherwise specified.
IX. Smoking is not allowed in the examination room.
X. There should be no communication whatsoever (verbal or non-verbal) between candidates during the
examination. A candidate may attract the attention of the invigilator by raising a hand.
XI. Any irregular conduct on the part of a candidate such as copying from another student or from
prepared notes may result in the cancellation of his/her examination paper and/ or a more severe
penalty.
XII. Candidates who send mobile phone, ipads, Mp3 and any electronic gadgets other than what is
prescribed for the examination, to examination room shall have it confiscated.
XIII. Candidates are supposed to provide their own writing materials such as pencils, eraser, correction
fluid etc. It shall be an offence for candidates to collect the said materials from colleagues or ask
invigilators to collect some for them
XIV. Candidates should not remove from the examination room any unused material e.g. answer booklets
or parts thereof, supplementary answer sheets, graph sheets, drawing paper)supplied for the
examination. Candidates may, however, retain their question papers except the rubric states
otherwise.
XV. A candidate who finishes an examination ahead of time may leave the Examination Room after
surrendering his answer booklets. The candidate shall not be allowed to return to the Examination
room.
XVI. Candidates should not in any way interfere with the stapling of answer booklet (s) Any complaints
about the answer booklet(s) should be brought to the attention off the invigilator.
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XVII. Candidate who fails to present himself at an examination without satisfactory reason (s) shall be
deemed to have failed the examination. Reasons for being absent from any paper which refer to any
of the following shall not be entertained:
(a) Mis-reading end-of-semester Examination Timetable
(b) Forgetting the date or time of examination
(c) Inability to locate venue of examination
(d) Failure to find transport
(e) Loss of a relation
(f) Pregnancy (without medical report)
(g) Police arrest, legal case
(h) Acts of God- heavy danger, excessive heat
(i) Religious grounds
XVIII. A breach of any of the foregoing regulations made for the conduct of University Examinations may
attract one or more of the following sanctions:
(a) A reprimand;
(b) Loss of marks;
(c) Cancellation of a paper;
(d) With-holding or results for a period.
IX. Further to (xvii), grade F (fail) shall be awarded whenever it is established that a candidate had
attempted to gain an unfair advantage in an examination. Further sanctions may include;
(a) Being barred from University Examinations indefinitely;
(b) Suspension from the University;
(c) Expulsion from the University.
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EXAMINATION RULES AND REGULATIONS:
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. It is the responsibility of the candidate to find the examination room well in advance and to be
seated, at least, fifteen minutes before the commencement of any examination paper.
2. A candidate arriving 30 minutes after the start of a paper may be refused entry into the examination
room. Normally, no candidate will be allowed to leave the examination room during the first half-hour
of the period allowed for a paper or enter the examination after the first half-hour. Any exception to this rule
must be reported in writing to the relevant Head of Department.
3. Candidates are required to use their index number (written in full) throughout the examination.
4. Under no circumstances must a candidate’s name be written on any part of the answer book
provided. Candidates who fail to comply with this regulation will be penalized.
5. Any candidate leaving the examination room and intending to return must be accompanied, while
outside the examination room, by an attendant.
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