III.    UNIVERSITY HOLIDAYS/CASUAL LEAVE

1.      The President & Vice-Chancellor shall announce 6 University
        Holidays for academic staff members at the beginning of every
        academic year.  In addition to this, an academic staff shall be
        granted 6 days of casual leave in an academic year. Heads of
        Departments/Programmes and Course Directors may opt to take 12
        days of casual leave within an academic year and they should
        indicate their option at the beginning of the academic year to
        enable proper record to be kept by the respective Dean’s Office.

2.      An administrative staff member will be permitted to take 12 days
        of casual leave each year.

3.      Periods of leave should not be prolonged by the combination of
        earned causal leave and annual leave. 

4.      There will not be any payment of outstanding casual leave when
        a staff member leaves the employ of the University.

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