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Gomal University
Examination Guidelines
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1.The University provides for the rescheduling of significant assessments by students without penalty, when such assessments are missed by students with an excused absence, except in cases where the nature of the assessment precludes the possibility of rescheduling. In no case may an examination be scheduled on Gu. (Students who have a concern with other religious observances should see their instructor at the start of the semester.) An instructor is not under obligation to give a student a make-up assessment unless the failure to perform was due to an excused absence, that is, due to illness (where the student is too ill to attend class). participation in university activities at the request of University authorities, or compelling circumstances beyond the student's control. In cases of dispute, the student may appeal to the chair of the department offering the course within one week from the date of the refusal of the right to a make-up assignment. In those instances where the instructor is the chair, the appeal may be made to the dean; the chair's or dean's decision is final. When permitted, a make-up assessment must be given on campus unless the published schedule or course description requires other arrangements. The make-up assessment must be at a time and place mutually agreeable to the instructor and student, cover only the material for which the student was originally responsible, be at a comparable level of difficulty with the original assessment, and be given within a time limit that retains the currency of the material. The make-up assessment must not interfere with the student's regularly scheduled classes. In the event that a group of students requires the same make-up assessment, one make-up assessment time may be scheduled at the convenience of the instructor and the largest possible number of students involved.
2.The student must notify his or her instructor of the reason for absence as soon as possible. Where the reason for absence from a scheduled assessment is known well in advance (for example, in cases of religious observance or participation in University activities at the request of University authorities), the student must inform the instructor by the end of the schedule adjustment period. Prior notification is especially important in connection with final examinations, since failure to reschedule a final examination before conclusion of the final examination period may result in loss of credits during the semester. Where the reason is not known well in advance (for example, in cases of illness or compelling circumstances beyond the student's control), the student must inform the instructor as soon as the reason develops, if that is feasible, or, otherwise, as soon as possible after its development.
3.A final examination shall be given in every undergraduate course. Exceptions may be made with the written approval of the chair of the department or the dean. All final examinations must be held on the examination days of the Official Final Examination Schedule. No final examination shall be given at a time other than that scheduled in the Official Final Examination Schedule without written permission of the department chair.
4.All examinations and tests shall be given during class hours in accordance with the regularly scheduled (or officially "arranged") time and place of each course listed in the Schedule of Classes. Unpublished changes in the scheduling or location of classes/tests must be approved by the department chair and reported to the dean. It is the responsibility of the student to be informed concerning the dates of announced quizzes, tests, and examinations.
5.Graduating seniors will be expected to take final examinations during the regular final examination period. However, graduating seniors are not required to take final examinations on the day of graduation or on any regularly scheduled day following graduation. In courses with examinations scheduled on those days, graduating seniors must notify their instructors by the end of the schedule adjustment period.
6.The chair of each department is responsible for the adequate administration of examinations in courses under his or her jurisdiction.
7.Every examination shall be designed to require for its completion not more than the regularly scheduled period. In the case of final examinations, the time allotted should not exceed the scheduled final examination period.
8.A typewritten, mimeographed, or printed set of questions shall be placed in the hands of every examinee in every test or examination requiring at least one period, unless the dean has authorized some other procedure.
9.The following rules shall govern all University examinations, unless the instructor for a specific course stipulates alternate rules for that course. A breach of any of the rules shall constitute "disruption of class," a disciplinary offense (see the Code of Student Conduct, section 9j), and may serve as the basis of an allegation of academic dishonesty.
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Students arriving late for an examination may not unreasonably disrupt the examination room.
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Students must leave all unauthorized materials (e.g., books, notes, calculators) with the proctor before being seated.
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Where seating arrangements are established by proctors, students must conform to these arrangements.
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Students may not return to an examination room after leaving, unless permission to do so has been granted by the proctor prior to the student's departure.
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Students must cease conversation prior to the passing out of examination papers and maintain silence during the entire examination period.
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Students must place examination papers face down on the writing desk until the examination is officially begun by the proctor.
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Students must keep examination papers flat on the writing desk at all times.
H. Students at an examination must be prepared to show current University identification.
10. Each faculty member is to retain, for one full semester after a course is ended, the students' final examinations. If a faculty member goes on leave for a semester or longer, or leaves the University, the final examinations and grade records for the course must be left with the department chair.
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