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Part Five – Student Manual

5.28. Refund of Excess Payment of Fees. Refund of excess payment of fees by students shall be
allowed upon submission of a written request for refund by the student supported by the student’s
statement of account showing the excess payment.

5.29. Examinations
5.29.1. As a rule, there shall be two (2) long examinations to be given during a particular semester or a
summer term.
5.29.2. The midterm and the final examination periods are programmed in the Academic Calendar and such
examinations shall not be given outside of these periods unless otherwise authorized by the Vice
President for Academic Affairs or his duly authorized representative.
5.29.3. Laboratory examinations may be given a week before the scheduled final examination: Provided,
that the conduct of said examination shall not interfere with the holding of the other regular classes.
5.29.4. All examinations shall be adequately proctored.
5.29.5. All result of quizzes, examination and the like taken by a student shall be made accessible to him
and he shall be free to verify results of the same and ascertain how his score have been duly
transmuted by his professor.

5.30. Examination Permits
5.30.1. An examination permit shall be required of each student during the midterm and final examinations.
5.30.2. One week before the midterm examination, a student must secure a clearance form and an
accounting slip indicating his financial obligations from the Accounting Section. This slip shall be
presented to the cashier’s office together with his payment. Once his clearance is completely signed
by all other concerned officials including the cashier, he goes back to the accounting office for the
recording of his OR number and the amount paid, and the issuance of the corresponding test
permit. In the case of the High School students, their clearances marked “Paid”.
5.30.3. As in the mid-term, a test permit shall likewise be secured by a student before the final examination
to ensure that all his financial obligations and incidental accounts especially property responsibilities
if any, are duly paid/replaced/accounted for, as the case may be. To this effect, it shall be the
responsibility of the teachers concerned to submit other accountabilities of a student, i.e.
breakage/loss/destruction of laboratory or other facilities/equipment to the Accounting/Cash Office
for payment/settlement of the same.
5.30.4. Strictly NO PERMIT, NO EXAM shall be implemented.
5.30.5. Drastic administrative sanction shall be taken against any teacher or proctor who shall allow any
student to take the final examinations without the required permit notwithstanding his personal
liability to pay/replace the accountabilities of the student.
5.30.6. It shall likewise be the responsibility of a teacher or proctor to collect test permits of students before
giving a final examination and return the same to the students after affixing his/her signature
opposite the subject where the student is taking the examination.

5.31. Grading System
5.31.1. The performance of students shall be graded either by the point system or by the percentage point
system at the end of each term, whichever have been approved for use by the BOR. Currently, the
University uses the percentage system until rescinded.
5.31.2. As a guide in the interpretation of undergraduate grades as in the case of transferees from other
institutions using the point system, the following table indicates the point and percentage systems to
have the following equivalents

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