Part IV-Administration

22. A student is required to inform himself of and to comply with all Institute requirements, and to notify the Registrar in writing of any change of his address. The Institute shall be under no responsibility if official communications fail to reach a student who has not notified his change of address.

23. A first year day student enrolling for the first time shall attend the orientation programme, and first year evening students shall attend such parts of such programme as are prescribed by the Registrar.

24. The timetable for the year shall

be

determined in accordance with the Calendar and late enrolment shall be subject to such timetable. Class groups shall also be determined and a late enrol- ment accepted will be subject to student's ability to attend classes where a vacancy exists.

25. A student shall be allocated to a class group by the Head of the Department concerned who may provide where the timetable permits instruction on a particular evening to suit individual needs.

The period of instruction, class group and lecture room shall be posted on Institute notice boards for the orientation period. A student shall familiarize himself with the information so provided.

26. Subject to these Rules an application for Registration shall be deemed to be accepted by the Institute on the date upon which it is approved by the appropriate Head of Department. Notice of such acceptance shall

be

forwarded by post to the student con- cerned. Consequent upon such acceptance a person shall be deemed to be a student of the Institute as from the date on which his application was lodged.

27. An application for registration and enrolment or for enrol- ment may be rejected by the Head of a Department on the ground that the subjects selected by the applicant are not suitable because of timetable arrangements or non-compliance with these Rules or because in his opinion such applicant has selected more subjects than his capacity or circumstances enable him to study adequately.

Notice of such rejection shall be forwarded by post to the appli- cant.

28. A person whose registration has been rejected shall have a

right of appeal to the Director-General of Education whose decision thereon shall

be

final and binding. An appeal shall be made in the form of a letter setting out the nature and grounds of such appeal and shall be lodged with the Director-General of Education within a period of two (2) weeks from the date of receipt by the person of the notification of rejection.

29. Credit shall not be given to a student within a course of study for a subject taken by him outside such course unless prio'r approval to study such subject had been granted in writing by the Principal.

30. In all courses studied on a unit basis, a student shall not

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ithout the prior approval of the Principal be permitted to study cor1currently subjects from more than two (2) consecutive years of such course. A student shall have completed or be studying all subjects of a year before attempting the subjects of the next year.

31. The following restrictions upon subjects taken and hours of attendance in part-time courses are applied:-

(i) Certificate courses-a student shall not

be

permitted to take subjects with a time content of more than nine (9) hours lectures per week, nor to attend classes on more than three (3) nights per week.

(ii) Diploma courses-a student shall not be permitted to take subjects with a time content of more than twelve (12) hours lectures per week, nor to attend classes on more than four ( 4) nights per week.

32. (i)

If

a student is granted day time release from his employ- ment for attendance at classes, then in any such case for the purpose of this Rule, a half day attendance shall be equivalent to a one

(1)

night attendance.

(ii) The Principal may, in his discretion, determine an increase in the permissible hourly content of study and consequent nightly attendance in any week.

33. If a student has previously enrolled for a subject but has not passed or has not been given credit for a pass in such subject, the Principal may, in his discretion, exempt such student from such of the requirements of that subject as he deems fit.

34 (i) A student who in any subject fails to attend eighty per centum (80%) of the total instruction prescribed up to the fourth week preceding ,the date set down in the calen- dar for commencement of Annual examinations, may be deemed by the Principal ineligible to sit for the annual examination concerned.

(ii) On the payment of the prescribed term fee by an external

or correspondence student, that term's instruction papers

shall be issued to such student, the issue of further

papers beinJ?; dependent upon at least an eighty per

centum (80%) return of satisfactorily completed test

answers for the previous term.

(iii) An external or correspondence student who fails to complete satisfactorily and return at least eighty per centum (80%) of the test answers required for First and Second terms by the end of August, may be deemed by the Principal ineligible to sit for the Annual examination in that subject, with final acceptance of examination nomination being dependent upon enrolment and a regular return of test answers for the Third term.

35. Completion by a student of all practical work or assignment work required in any subject to the satisfaction of the Principal shall be a pre-requisite to his being eligible to sit for examination in that subject.

36. Written notice by the Registrar of the ineligibility of a student to sit for an examination shall be posted to the student.

The written notice shall specify a date as the last date on which an appeal to the Principal by the student against such decision of ineligibility may be lodged by him with the Registrar, and shall not be effective unless it specifies a date at least two weeks later than the date on which it was posted as the last date on which an appeal may be lodged by the student. Where finality cannot be reached in the matter of such appeal prior to the date of examin- ation, the student shall be allowed to sit for such examination pending the outcome of the appeal.

37. Students are required to comply with By Laws laid down by Heads of Departments in relation to dress and safety measures whilst engaged in work in laboratories or workshops.

38. Course structure may be changed at any time upon the recommendation of the Technical Education Advisory Council and with the approval of the Minister for Education. A student's enrol- ment in any course or subject shall be deemed to be made subject to these Rules and to any addition or amendment made thereto.

If a student considers that any such addition or amendment will cause special hardship to him, the Principal may on the student's representation make such special provision in the matter as he considers reasonable in the circumstances.

39. In part-time courses a student who has failed in a particular subject at two (2) annual examinations shall

be

restricted to enrol- ment in such subject only in the next academic year.

40. A student in a full-time Engineering course shall

be

permitted to repeat a maximum of ten (10) hours per week by part-time day release study while employed in some suitable industry.

41. The Principal may cancel any subject of a course where the number of applicants therefor is fewer than eight (8). In the case of elective subjects prescribed in any course, the Principal may restrict the provision of any of such elective subjects in the light of enrolment numbers.

42. (i) A person who has not registered as a student may apply

to study individual subjects and may

be

admitted to

classes provided that vacancies exist and provided further that prior approval in writing by the Principal has been obtained by him. Such person shall conform to the conditions covering the course comprising such subjects and shall pay the specified fee for each in- dividual subject taken.

(ii) Such person shall be subject to the provisions of Parts VI and VII of these Rules.

43. A student attending a course shall provide himself with such books, instruments, and other equipment as from time to time may be directed by the Head of the Department concerned.

44. The right to retain a copy of any drawings, models, designs, plans and specifications, essays, assignments, or other work sub- mitted by a student as part of his course is reserved to the Institute.

45. A student may register in only one course in any given year.