On event of a student not satisfied with a grade obtained in a particular examination, a student may apply to Academic Registrar for remarking of the examination paper in which the course was offered.

The application must made within two weeks after the release of the examination grades by the AR’s office.

The application must contain valid justification for the request

The AR will ask the Heads of Departments and members of the department / faculty to review the case if remarking is warranted.

On approval of the request, an examiner other than one who originally marked the script, will remark the paper and the grade awarded will be final regardless of whether it is lower or the same as the first grade and will immediately be forwarded to the AR.  The AR will communicate the grade to the student.  No more appeal shall be allowed for remarking the same script

Assessment and Grading

Each course will be assessed in two parts:

Coursework (progressive/continuous assessment) shall contribute 50% of total marks.

Examinations shall be graded out of a maximum of one hundred (100) marks and assigned appropriate letter grades and grade points as follows:

NB:  All grades below C- carry no credit.  For one to continue studies in good standing he or she must maintain a Grade point average of 2.0

Graduation requirements
In order to qualify for the award of a degree, diploma or certificate of Bishop Stuart University, a student must have satisfied the University Senate in the following:

He/she must be registered full-time for as prescribed number of semesters for that particulars programme.

He/she must successfully complete the prescribed number of credit units for that particular programme.

Academic transcript
All coursework grades must be recorded and averaged into the grade point average.  If a student fails a course, he/she must retake the course before the transcript in processed.  The new grade will be averaged in the grade average in place of the old one.  A failed course can only be retaken twice.