Rhodes University Examination Rules and Regulations

Rhodes University Examination Rules and Regulations

1. LATE COMERS WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO WRITE EXAMINATIONS
Morning (AM) sessions start writing at 08h30 and afternoon (PM) sessions start writing at 14h00.

Candidates are reminded that they must arrive thirty (30) minutes before the scheduled start of the examination and be seated no later than fifteen (15) minutes before the scheduled start of each session. For a 08h30 examination students must arrive by 08h00 and be seated by 08h15.

The venue doors will be locked 10 minutes before the scheduled start of the examination.

2. NO BAGS OR CELL PHONES PERMITTED 
Nothing may be brought into the examination venue other than stationery items in a transparent plastic sleeve which must be placed on the desk. No other bags are permitted inside the venue.

No cell phones may be brought into the venues and no facility to store cell phones will be available so they are simply not permitted in examination venues.

All examination venues will be under CCTV surveillance to ensure that examination infringement is detected.

Entrance to the Great Hall Verandah will be through the main entrance to the Great Hall.

3. EXAMINATION ENTRY

1. (a) Candidates should note that they are eligible to write examinations ONLY in those courses which appear on their CURRENT course record. Students who have been attending a course without being properly registered for it will NOT receive results for it.

 

1. (b) If you have stopped participating in a course, without formally dropping, your results will show DNW (Did Not Write) for that particular course.

 

1. (c) If you have not already done so, it is imperative that you check your course record. Ask for a copy in the Student Bureau, if you are unable to use ROSS (Rhodes On-line Student System). If necessary, have your record corrected now to avoid the difficulties mentioned in (a) and (b) above

 

4. Candidates are warned that if they fail to produce positive identification (i.e. current Rhodes University Student Card/ID Book/Passport or Driver’s Licence) at any examination session they may be liable to a fine of R250.

5. Stationery should be carried in an A4 clear plastic sleeve. Candidates may not use correcting pens, fluid or tape or any erasable pens in their answers for examinations.

6. Examinations MAY NOT be written in the Health Care Centre (Sanatorium). Consideration will only be given to candidates with supporting evidence of exceptional medical conditions, i.e. if isolation is needed due to highly contagious diseases, and in these instances candidates must be admitted to the Health Care Centre a minimum of 24 hours before the date of the examination. Students admitted to the Health Care Centre less than 24 hours before an examination will be required to apply for an aegrotat examination.

7. WARNING: Candidates may be disqualified:

• if they take into any examination hall or are found there, during the examination, in possession of any books, memorandum, notes or any papers whatsoever, except such answer books or other books, papers or materials as may be supplied by the Examinations Office;
• if they are in possession of any mobile/wireless digital devices with data storage and/or communication capabilities (e.g. cell phones, PDAs, etc), in particular, cellphones are not permitted in any venue – leave them at home.
• if they aid or attempt to aid another candidate, if they obtain or attempt to obtain aid from another candidate, if they communicate or attempt to communicate, in any way, with another candidate or any unauthorized person.

  Any such candidate may be further dealt with in such manner as Senate may determine.

8. Candidates are not permitted to leave the halls for the purpose of smoking.

Dr Adéle Moodly
REGISTRAR
5 August 2019