Administration of Examinations

• The number of candidates sitting for an examination in every exam hall shall be prepared in advance of the examination by the module/course team leader or delegate and shall be handed over to the invigilators for purposes of checking attendance in the exam.
• No student may be admitted into an exam hall 15 minutes after the beginning of the examination. However, all examinations must start on time and no corrections and other announcements made for students at the beginning of the exam shall be repeated.
• No student may be allowed to leave an exam hall within 30 minutes of the beginning of an examination and before signing the examination attendance sheet.
•  In the event that a student is forced to leave an exam hall for health reasons, and in so far as the student is in a conscious and sound state of mind, the invigilator in attendance shall inform the student of the fact that Registration from any legally established public medical institutions has to be obtained expeditiously to substantiate the claim of sickness or illness.
• Upon conclusion of an examination the invigilator shall submit a report on the conduct of the examination by completing a form prepared for that purpose. The report shall be submitted to the Head of the Academic Unit that offers the course.

 Violations of Examination Regulations

• Any one of the following shall be interpreted as an act of cheating in an examination or any other graded exercise and shall have direct consequences on the marking or grading of all kinds of examination papers, term papers, projects or senior essays and for the determination of academic status of students.
• Found in possession or copying from pieces of paper or any other source of information brought into an exam hall where such material is not specifically permitted.
•  Working on or being found in possession of exam papers other than one’s own.
• Exchanging information in the exam hall through oral, symbolic, written, and electronic or (holding electronic devices) any other means where these are not specifically permitted.
• Copying or trying to copy from any other student or deliberately letting any student copy from one’s exam paper.
• Submitting a work or works for which it can clearly be established that the work or part of it is not produced by the student claiming authorship or production.

Make-up Examinations

• Make-up examinations shall not be allowed for the purpose of raising grade point averages. However, a student unable to sit for an examination for extenuating circumstances, such as hospitalization or accidents, and therefore has an "I" (incomplete) grade against a course may be allowed to sit for a make-up examination in the course.
• Any such student, or a person representing the student, shall submit in writing valid and documented reasons for not having sat for the examination to the Head of the Academic Unit within two weeks after the If the make-up examination is pertinent to mid-term, the case of the student can be decided by the instructor of the course and the head before the final examination.
• Where the SC/DC finds that the student did not have valid reasons for not sitting for final examination, the "I" grade on the student's record shall be changed automatically to "F", SANG/SGPA shall be calculated and the status of the student shall be determined accordingly.
• An actively enrolled non-graduating student who is allowed to sit for a make-up examination shall normally register for the examination at the beginning of the semester when the final examination in the course is next administered. However, for courses that are prerequisites to other courses (as indicated in the curriculum), the student shall be treated as one who is entitled to take a supplementary examination.
• A non-graduating student who is not actively enrolled but allowed to sit for a make-up examination shall apply and register for the examination at least one month (the dates to be announced by the Registrar) before the final examination of the course is scheduled to be administered.
• A graduating student within the final semester who fails to sit for final examinations in one or more courses for valid reasons shall be allowed to sit for make-up examination within three weeks of the following regular semester. However, if such a student is in the first semester of the final year, shall be allowed to sit for make-up examinations in a maximum of two courses within three weeks of the following semester.
• A student who has three or more "I" grades in a semester and is legible to sit for a make-up examination shall, irrespective of academic status, withdraw from the University for academic reasons and apply for make-up exam
• No SANG/ SGPA shall be calculated and no academic start of the subsequent semester status shall be determined for such a student until the results of the make-up examination are known.
• A student who has less than three (one or two) "I" grades in a semester and who is legible to take a make-up examination may continue studies in subsequent semesters if the student is in good academic standing. For such a student, average point shall be calculated and academic status shall be determined based on the grades obtained and excluding courses in which the "I" grades are registered. Such a student shall also apply and sit for make-up examination in incomplete courses.
• A student who has less than three "I" grades but is not in good academic standing is subject to withdrawal and may apply for readmission.
• Any “I” grade not removed within a year as per the provisions of this Article shall be converted to an “F” grade.