MT
194 tal-1997
Table of Provisions (14)
Statutory Text (14 Articles)
L.N. 194 of 1997
EDUCATI ON ACT
(C AP. 327)
Reg ulations for th e A wa r d or Extra curricul a r C redits. 1997
IN e~e rei se of the powers conferred Upoll him by sections 30(5)
and 31(6) of the Educmion Act (Cap. 327). the Chancellor of the
Uni\'ersity of Malia h35 promulgated the following rcgul31ions made
by the Senatc of the Univcr;;ily of M'llla by virtue of the powersconferred
upon it b)' sections 31 nnd 35 of the said Act
C itation
I, These regu lations may be ci ted as the Regulations for the Award of
Extracurricular Credits. 1997.
Appli c:lbility
These regulations shall appl y from January 1995 onwards.
REGU LATIONS FOR THE AWARD OF EXTRACURRICU LAR CREDITS,
All undcrgraduatc students are eligible for credits (he reafter referred to as
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ex tracurricular credits) for activities done over and above the cu rricul ar requirements
of the diploma or degree course they arc following and satisfying the criteria stated
below.
2. (a) Not more th an three extracurricular c rediu shall be taken into
conside r31i on for the award of a degree. and not more th3n one extracurricular credit
shall be taken into consideration for the award of a diploma.
(b) Extracurricular credit lIIay Ix: awarded in fulfilment of the optional
credit requ ireme nts of a degree or diploma course.
(e) In those courses that are not stru ct ured on the Study Unit·Credit system,
each credit 3wankd for extracurricular activities shall be weighted as 0.5% Ortile
final global mark that is considered for degree classification purposes.
(d) a student may not be awarded more than one e.'(tracurricular credit in
anyone academic year.
(a) StOOcnts foll owi ng a dcgree course. who are awarded more than three
cxtracurricul arcrcdits may have the fou rth and any subscquem credit gained recQrdcd
in the transcript of their acad\!mic record. alt hough such credits are not taken into
consideration for the award of the degree .
(b)
Regulation 2.1 above shall apply mutali.f muwm/is in the case of
students following a dipl oma co urse, who are awarded more tha n one
e:o;tracurricular credit .
The Senate shall appoint an Extracurricu lar Board, hereinafte r re ferred to as
the Board, with the function and powers to consider which work is acceptable for the
award of extracurricular credit, to assess such work and to award credit for it.
The Board shall be composed of tne Rector or his nominee as chai nnan. the
Registrar or his nominee, an academic member nominated by each Faculty and eac h
Insti tute where there are studems followi ng a degree ordiplomacourse,and two students
nominated by the K.S.U . ( Kllruillw' I·/swdellli Univusitarji ). Prov ided that the
students' representat ives on the Board shall not participate in the assessment of work
submitted for the award of extracurricular credit.
TIle Board may appoint. and work through, sub-comminees whose quorum
shall be three members , one of whom a studen t, not necessarily a member ofthe Board.
An ex tracu rricular activity (i ncluding activi ties organised by Bodies outside
the University) may beconsidered for the award of eXlracurricular credit, if the activit y
(a)
involves not less than 50 hours of work on the pan of tile student. and
(b) requires the studem to show such q ualities as initiative, perseverance.
leadership or organisational skills.
(c)
is of a cultural. philanthropic, poli tical, spoRing or reSC8rch nature .
An ex tracurricular act ivity may not be considered for an award on more than
one occasion.
On accepting an ex tracurricu lar ac ti vi ty for consideration for the award of
credit, the Board may impose on {he student such conditions as the Board may deem
necessary, in order to ensure that credit is only awarded where it is merited.
Students may ask for an activi ty to be considered for {he 81O.' ard of an
ex tracurric ul ar credit by applyi ng to the Registrar by not late r th an
(a)
mid-October if the activity is to be unden aken during the first semester;
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(b) mid-Jan uary if the activ ity is to be undertaken during the second
se mester.
T he application shall include a detailed description of the activity and the
n!UllC of a proposed competent s upervi sor (om necessari ly a merntx r of the acade mic
staff) who hilS agreed to monito r the wor~ . g ive ad vice to the stude nt whe n necessary.
and report to the Boord allhe end of the activity.
TIll! Board shall consider the :lppliclllion in te rms of Regulutio n 6 above :md
assign a supervisor who shall nOt I1IX'Cs!>.1Iily be the person proposed by the student.
AI the end of Ihe octivity. o r the pan thereo f which is being conside red for
the award of ex lracurriculJT cred it for the CUITCnt acade m ic yea r. the studen t shall be
required to presenllO the BO;Lrd a repon on the activ ity, including his con tribution to iI,
and the s upervisor shall b.! required to presen t to the Board a confidential assessment
urthe student' s participation in the activi ty .
14 . The Board shall ro llsider the supervisor's assessmcnt report and award a
grade A. B. C, D. o r Fai l in de sce ndin g order of ment depending on [he degree and
quality of [he student's part icipation in the projeclfactivity.
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