====== Policy Chamber of the Examination Board ======

>**Summary**
>//A description of the position, task and responsibility of the policy room of the examination board.// 


===== Introduction =====
The policy chamber of the [[..:beleid:examencommissie|examination board]] is mainly responsible for determining the policies to be implemented by the examination chambers. In the policy chamber, knowledge of all architectural layers from the HBO-i model is represented, as well as all Fontys ICT study programmes (Associate degree, Bachelor and Master) from both full-time and part-time. 


===== The duties and powers of the policy chamber =====

The policy chamber ensures that the examination board as a whole performs its tasks fully and correctly. The duties and powers of the examination board in higher education are laid down in the WHW and further described in the {{ :beleid:huishoudelijk_reglement_examboard_fontys_ict_v12.pdf |house regulations}}. These duties and powers are:

  * the objective and expert determination of whether a student meets the conditions set by the [[..:beleid:OER|TER]] with regard to knowledge, insight and skills that are necessary for obtaining a degree;
  * Granting and issuing certificates;
  * Appointing examiners based on the [[..:beleid:Profiel examinatoren FHICT|set profiles]];
  * The quality of the examinations is guaranteed, without prejudice to the responsibility of the examiners;
  * the establishment of guidelines and instructions within the framework of the [[..:beleid:OER|TER]] to assess and determine the results of examinations and tests;
  *  Assessing alternative programmes composed by the student for the purpose of passing an examination of which the examination leads to the obtaining of a degree, in which case the examination board shall also indicate to which study programme of the institution that programme is deemed to belong for the purpose of applying the law;
  * granting [[..:beleid:Vrijstelling|exemption]] for taking one or more examinations, and
  * guaranteeing the quality of the organisation and the procedures for examinations and tests. It shall carry out this task in cooperation with the [[..:beleid:toetscommissie|testing committee]].

The policy chamber also advises the management on the feasibility of the new and the implementation of the current Education and Examination Regulations (the [[..:beleid:OER|TER]]).

===== References =====

[[..:beleid:Examenkamer|Examination Chamber]], [[..:beleid:OER|TER]]

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