9.2. Responsibility for Student Discipline

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  1. The Provost/President is responsible for the discipline of student in the University and may suspend or exclude student on disciplinary grounds. The Provost/President may delegate this responsibility to other staff in the University to implement disciplinary procedures.
  2. The Provost/President authorizes members of the staff of the university listed below to deal with actual and possible misconduct.
    • Deans of Colleges (for academic offences)
    • Dean of Student Affairs
  3. The Authorized Persons have the authority to make inquiries or carry out investigations in order to collect the information relevant to allegation of misconduct and where appropriate may require a report from the security office or any other part of the university.
  4. All members of staff of the University are empowered to take such action as may be necessary to prevent or bring to an end any contravention of the Rules and Regulations of the University. Any member of staff in whose opinion a breach of discipline may have occurred will report the incident to the relevant Authorized Person at the earliest opportunity. All incidents will be reported in order to ensure that a transparent system operates in which all cases are treated consistently, equitably and fairly.
  5. The student should be informed by the member of staff at the time of the incident that the matter is being reported to the appropriate officer of the University.
  6. The University reserves the right to report any incident to the Governmental Authority (Police).
  7. Student Affairs counselor must attend academic & non-academic disciplinary committee for assisting & facilitating only.