Engineers Registration (Professional Examinations) By-laws, 2000

Jurisdiction: Tanzania
Citation: Government Notice 65 of 2000
Primary work: Engineers Registration Act, 1997
Date: 31 July 2002
Language: English
Type: Legislation
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Tanzania

Engineers Registration Act, 1997

Engineers Registration (Professional Examinations) By-laws, 2000

Government Notice 65 of 2000

Published in Tanzania Government Gazette
Commenced on 1 September 1999
[This is the version of this document at 31 July 2002.]
[Note: This legislation has been thoroughly revised and consolidated under the supervision of the Attorney General's Office, in compliance with the Laws Revision Act No. 7 of 1994, the Revised Laws and Annual Revision Act (Chapter 356 (R.L.)), and the Interpretation of Laws and General Clauses Act No. 30 of 1972. This version is up-to-date as at 31st July 2002.]

[Section 34; G.N. No. 65 of 2000]

1. Citation

These By-laws may be cited as the Engineers Registration (Professional Examinations) By-laws.

2. Objective

The Engineers Registration Board shall provide professional examinations as an alternative conduit for registration of professional engineers who are registered in the category of Technician Engineers and for those who aspire for registration as professional engineers but whose qualifications are wanting or need to be ascertained.

3. Type of examinations

(1)The Board shall administer professional examinations in different disciplines of engineering as it may determine.

(2)The Board shall set a number of papers in each of the engineering disciplines as it may deem fit and each paper shall have any number of sections as the Board may determine.

(3)The standard of the examination papers shall be of the level of the final BSc (Engineering) examination of an institution accredited by the Board.

4. Eligibility for sitting for examination

An applicant wishing to sit for professional examinations shall possess—

(a)degree/diplomas considered by the Board as not equivalent to the first engineering degree of a University/Institution accredited by the Board; or

(b)degree/diplomas awarded after a period of study a shorter than the minimum three years undergraduate course of University/Institution of engineering education; or

(c)qualification of a registered Technician Engineer.

5. Application and registration fee

(1)A candidate wishing to sit for the examinations shall apply to the Board by completing the relevant application entry forms upon payment of application fee and registration fee prescribed by the Board.

(2)The application to sit for the examinations shall be valid only for the scheduled examinations applied for. The candidates who do not sit for the examinations within that period shall be required to make a new application to the Board.

(3)A candidate may attempt a professional examination not more than three times in a period not exceeding three years and the conditions upon which examinations may be attempted are—

(a)the application shall be defined as received and accepted by the Board upon completing an examinations entry form ERB-EX-02 which is not withdrawn by the applicant before the closing date for receipt of entries;

(b)candidates shall complete the examinations in one sitting except for reasons of illness or other reasons acceptable to the Board, in which case the candidate shall be required to sit for another examination;

(c)candidates must pass all papers and for each paper the allowed minimum pass mark is 40 per centum;

(d)candidates shall be allowed a single resit in an attempt for papers failed and each shall be counted as part of the attempt;

(e)failure in a resit shall be counted as failing the attempt;

(f)a candidate who fails all papers shall be counted as having failed the attempt.

6. Examination procedures and general information

(1)All examination papers shall be set in the English language and shall be answered in that language.

(2)When submitting the application for examinations, applicants shall be required to provide attested photographs.

(3)The date and place of examinations shall be determined by the Board.

(4)The closing date for receipt of entry forms for examinations at the Office of the Registrar of Examinations shall be announced in the public media.

(5)Official receipts must be retained as evidence of compliance with the registration requirements and a claim which is not supported by evidence shall not be accepted by the Board.

(6)Late entries shall not be accepted.

7. Examination fees

(1)Every eligible candidate shall pay a non-refundable examination fee to be determined by the Board.

(2)The Board shall prescribe fees which will cover fees or application forms, registration, refresher courses and any other fees related to professional examinations.

8. Fees for failed examinations

A candidate who fails to sit for the examinations for reasons other than those acceptable by the Board shall have to re-apply and pay new fees for examinations.

9. Syllabuses

Instructions about the time and place of the examination together with admission slips shall be sent by the Board through registered mail to reach candidates approximately four weeks before the examinations.

10. Assessment and notification of results

The Board shall issue the syllabus to each candidate as a guide for the candidate in preparing himself/herself for the examinations.

11. Grading of examination marks

(1)The marks for examinations shall be graded as follows—

Mark (in per centum)	Grade	Meaning
70+	A	Pass
60 - 69	B+	Pass
50 - 59	B	Pass
40 - 49	C	Pass
39 and below	F	Fail

(2)The Board shall inform the candidates of their results within one month following the last day on which the candidates attempted the last examination within the same sitting.

(3)The Board's decision on examination results shall be final and binding upon each candidate.

12. Examination certificate

The Board shall award certificates to all candidates who pass the examinations.

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History of this document

31 July 2002 this version

Consolidation

01 September 1999

Commenced