MANUEL S.

ENVERGA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

College of Business and Accountancy
SUPPLEMENTAL RULES
ON THE
CONDUCT OF EXAMINATIONS1

I
PRELIMINARY MATTERS
RULE 1.
Title. This issuance shall be known as the Supplemental
Rules on the Conduct of Examinations and collectively referred to as the
Rules.
RULE 2.
Applicability. The Rules shall be the applicable to all
Exams administered by the professor or a duly authorized representative,
and are without prejudice to the existing rules and regulations promulgated
and enforced by the MSEUF on the same or similar subject matter.
II
EXAMINATIONS
RULE 3.
Exams. An Exam shall be administered by the professor, or
a duly authorized representative, and answered by the student only at the
designated venue and on the specified date and time for such purpose.
RULE 4.
Absence. A student who shall be absent on the day of an
Exam shall be given a grade of zero (0) for that particular Exam and such
shall serve as the respective component of the students total grade, based
on the mathematical formula provided by the MSEUF.
RULE 5.
Tardiness. A student who shall, on the day of the Exam,
come in after the official start of the period allotted for the Exam shall be
allowed to take the said exam but only for the remainder of the period,
beginning at the moment he or she physically appears at the designated
venue; provided, that the said student does not come in after a significant
portion of the period allotted for the exam has already elapsed.
III
EXCEPTIONS
RULE 6.
Exceptions. A student may be allowed to justify and be
excused from being absent on the day of the Exam only if he or she is able
substantiate a valid cause of the absence by presenting, depending on the
specific event or circumstance, the applicable document/s.
Section 6.1.
Medical Condition. An original Medical
Certificate attesting to the sickness or other medical condition of the
student on the date of the absence requiring him or her to take leave
from the Exam on said day, which is duly executed and signed by a
licensed Physician.
Section 6.2.
Demise or Bereavement. A copy of the Death
Certificate, duly certified as true and correct by the National Statistics
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Office or the Local Civil Registrar, of the deceased who is related to

the student up to the fourth (4th) civil degree of consanguinity or
affinity; the date of death should be, at most, ten days prior to the
date of the Exam from which the student was absent.
Section 6.3.
Matrimony.
A
copy
of
the
Marriage
Certificate/Contract, duly certified as true and correct by the National
Statistics Office or the Local Civil Registrar, of the student who was
absent or a relative of said student up to the fourth (4th) civil degree of
consanguinity or affinity; the date of the celebration of the marriage
should coincide with the date of the Exam on which he or she was
absent.
Section 6.4.
Legal Incidents. An original copy of the police
report, police blotter duly certified by the relevant police officer,
subpoenas, warrants of arrest and other compulsory processes issued
by duly authorized persons and bearing the respective official seals
thereof, which shall show that on the date of the Exam the student
was compelled to attend legal matters for which absence therefrom
was inexcusable or was under pain of contempt or punishable by law.
Section 6.5.
Other Circumstances. Other exceptional and
compelling circumstances may be considered by the professor in
assessing whether the students absence is justified and may
therefore be excused. However, any and all claims of ignorance,
mistake, both or other rationale of similar import and effect as to the
specific date and time of the Exam shall not be an acceptable basis
nor will ever be a valid justification of an absence therefrom.
RULE 7.
Period. A student who wishes to avail of the remedy
provided in Rules 6 and 8 shall give notice and present the applicable
document/s to the professor within five (5) days after the date of the
absence being sought to be excused from.
RULE 8.
Effects. A student who has to the satisfaction of the
professor, upon strict compliance with and without violating Rules 6, 7 and
9, successfully justified and substantiated his or her absence on the date of
the Exam shall be given the grade of incomplete or INC; and upon such
time, the applicable rules and regulations of the MSEUF regarding the
matter shall thereafter govern.
RULE 9.
Sanctions. A student found to be procuring, presenting or
submitting any document specifically enumerated or determined to be
required to be submitted in relation to previous Rules, which appears to be
or is given the semblance of validity or genuineness when in truth and in
fact it is fictitious, false, or fraudulent, shall be:
Section 9.1.

Given the grade under Rule 4.

Section 9.2.
Recommended for disciplinary sanctions under
the applicable rules and regulations of the MSEUF.
RULE 10. Other Liabilities. The foregoing shall be without prejudice
to any criminal liability incurred by the Student as well as the person
executing the said false, fictitious and fraudulent document under the
Revised Penal Code and any other applicable laws in force.
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IV
GENERAL PROVISIONS
RULE 11.

Definitions. For purposes of the Rules:

Section 11.1.
The term MSEUF shall mean the Manuel S.
Enverga University Foundation.
Section 11.2.
A student is a person enrolled in any course
being handled, taught and administered by the professor.
Section 11.3.
The term Exam shall be synonymous to the
terms examination, tests as well as other words of similar
meaning and shall be understood as referring to the Prelims,
Midterms, Semifinals or Finals as used in the MSEUF.
Section 11.4.
The term period allotted when used in
relation to an Exam and in the context of the Rules shall mean that
span of time, with a definite beginning and end, within which the
students are allowed to write down their answers to a set of questions
presented in an Exam.
Section 11.5.
A student is considered absent if he or she
is not physically present at the Exam venue for the entire period
allotted for the said Exam or appears thereat only after a significant
portion thereof has already elapsed.
Section 11.6.
The term a significant portion, in relation to
the entire period allotted for the Exam, shall mean a length of time
from the start of the period allotted for the Exam until fifteen (15)
minutes prior to the end of the said period.
Section 11.7.
A document under Rules 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 is
fictitious when the document does truly exist; false when the
contents thereof intentionally or unintentionally deviates from the
truth; and, fraudulent when the contents are entered in bad faith
and intended to deceive or mislead.
RULE 12. Separability. Should any provision of the Rules be declared
invalid by the proper authorities, those portions unaffected by the
declaration of invalidity shall remain binding in full force and effect.
RULE 13. Effectivity. These Rules shall take effect upon issuance
and shall remain in force until subsequently modified, amended or repealed
by the professor.
Quezon City for Lucena City, Province of Quezon.
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