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continuously in residence until the last day of semester unless permission is granted for
temporary absence. Students who are non-resident are required to register at the Halls
to which they have been assigned.
9.4 Procedure regarding exeats is notified in the Hall Regulations. In cases of absence
involving non-attendance at Lectures, Tutorials or Practicals, or Examinations, the
written permission of the Department concerned must be obtained in addition to that of
the Hall authorities.
9.5 Admission of Junior Members to the University shall be subject to their passing a
Medical Examination.
9.6 Membership of the Students' Representative Council and the Amalgamated Clubs
(organized under the Sports Directorate) of the University is compulsory for all Junior
Members.
10. NAMES OF JUNIOR MEMBERS
10.1 For the purposes of the University, Junior Members are known only by the names
which they have signed in the Application Form/Register of Matriculation and are
known by those names only in the sequence in which they were signed (that is, first
name, middle name[s] and surname).
10.2 Change of Name:
i. Where a female Junior Member gets married, she may apply to have her name
altered to include the surname acquired by marriage, followed in parenthesis, by
the word "nee" and her former surname. In such cases, proof of marriage will be
required before the official change is effected.
ii. As an institutional policy, the University does not accept to change or amend
biological records.
11. ATTENDANCE AT LECTURES AND EXAMINATIONS
11.1 Junior Members are required to attend Lectures, Tutorials and Practical classes
specified for their course of study, and all such Examinations as the University or the
Departments may from time to time require, and to perform all written and practical
work prescribed for them.
11.2 Junior Members who absent themselves from lectures, tutorials and practical classes for
a cumulative total of 25% in any one semester will be deemed not to have satisfied the
attendance requirements for the semester. Such Junior Members shall be required to
withdraw from the University.
12. USE OF ACADEMIC DRESS
All Junior Members are required to wear the academic dress appropriate to their status
or Hall of Residence on the following ceremonial occasions:
i. Matriculation
ii. Congregation
and other occasions as required.
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