3.4.2. The Procedure of Handling an Examination Offence

3.4.2. The Procedure of Handling an Examination Offence (See section 6.1 for the SOP on the Complete Procedure)

1 In all cases of violation of examination rules detected, the Supervisor/Examiner shall take action as outlined below and forward his/her report to the relevant Dean/Director or DR/SAR/AR. In handling examination offences, the SOP given in the Section 6.1 should be followed.

2 In cases of disorderly conduct the supervisor shall in the first instance warn the candidate to be of good behaviour. Disorderly conduct shall be considered grave, only if such conduct in the opinion of the supervisor is considered as causing a disturbance in the conduct of the examination. Where the candidate persists in unruly or disorderly conduct, the supervisor may exclude the candidate from the examination hall and issue him a letter with a copy to the relevant Dean/Senior Assistant Registrar/Assistant Registrar, cancelling his/her candidature from the examination.

3  In all cases of examination offences detected, the supervisor shall send a report to the relevant Dean along with any material taken into custody.         Material taken into custody should be authenticated by placing the signatures of the candidate and the Supervisor/Invigilator and the date, time and place of detection. A supervisor should give particulars of any incriminating material of which he/she cannot take possession. The Supervisor's report should be countersigned by one of the Invigilators.

4 The Dean after preliminary inquiry shall handle the matter as detailed in the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) given in this manual in the section 6.1.

5  The Decision

A. The punishment shall be decided per the details in the SOP (Section 6.1).

B. Senior Assistant Registrar/Assistant Registrar of the relevant Faculty shall be the Convener/Secretary of the preliminary inquiry/  Examination Disciplinary Committee (EDC) on examination offences.

6  Appeals Board

Any appeals of a student on whom a punishment has been imposed, within a period of two weeks from the date of communication to him/her of     such punishment, may appeal against such punishment to the

A. Dean/Director, if a punishment is determined by the Faculty Board/ Board of Management after the preliminary inquiry for a minor                     offence

 or

B. Vice-Chancellor, if a punishment is determined by the Senate. 

The Appeals shall be handled per the procedure described in the SOP (Section 6.1).