UEW: THE DO’S AND DON’T’S IN THE EXAMINATION HALL(WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IN THE EXAMS HALL)
i. A student who does not take continuous assessment does not qualify to take end-of- semester/session 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. Students shall write their names on the question paper unless otherwise stated in the rubrics.
iv. Candidates are required to use their Index numbers (written in full) throughout the
examination.
v. 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.
vi. 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.
vii. Any candidate leaving the examination room and intending to return must be accompanied
while outside the examination room by an attendant.
viii. Candidates may be required at any time to establish their identity.
ix. No books, bags, prepared notes, or papers of any kind are to be taken into the examination
room unless otherwise specified.
x. Smoking is not allowed in the examination room.
xi. 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.
xii. 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.
xiii. Candidates who take mobile phones, iPods, MP3 players or any electronic gadgets other than
what is prescribed for the examination, to the examination room shall them confiscated.
xiv. 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.
xv. 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.
xvi. A candidate who finishes an examination ahead of time may leave the Examination Room after
surrendering his/her answer booklet. The candidate shall not be allowed to return to the
Examination Room.
xvii. 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 of the invigilator.
xviii. Candidates who fail to present themselves 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-readingofend-of-semesterExaminationTimetable;
(b). Forgettingthedateortimeofexamination;
(c). Inability to locate venue of examination;
(d). Failuretofindtransport;
(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.
xix. A breach of any of the foregoing regulations made for the conduct of University Examination
xix. 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 of results for a period.
xx. Further to (xvii) penalty, grade Z (Examination malpractice) 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.