Overview
- The university’s Executive Council approved the amendment to Ordinance‑15 on Sunday to let final‑semester and final‑year students under the annual system sit compartment exams for backlog papers after their final exams.
- The change gives eligible final‑year students the option to take a compartment exam instead of seeking re‑evaluation of answer scripts under the revised Clause 23.1.
- The facility applies only to students in regular on‑campus programmes and excludes those enrolled in distance education; courses run on a carry‑over system will generally remain exempt except for this final‑year exception.
- The Office of the Controller of Examinations will publish the timetable and operational steps for these compartment exams, so practical details and exam dates are still pending.
- Compartment exams are a standard university practice that let students re‑sit failed papers; this move is meant to reduce delays to degree awards and to help students meet placement or higher‑study deadlines sooner.