Sun, 05 Nov 2017 11:41:49 +0000 By CHARLES MUSONDA GOVERNMENT must engage independent investigators to probe the continued low pass rate at the Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education (ZIALE), veteran education Professor Kalombo Mwansa has demanded. In an interview in Lusaka yesterday, Prof. Mwansa said it was unacceptable that ZIALE, a critical institution in the provision of legal services to the nation, could continue producing a handful of lawyers. He said it was sad that after spending years and resources at the university, majority law students were failing ZIALE exams at an alarming rate. He said while lecturers at ZIALE were highly qualified and reputable lawyers, there was need to thoroughly check their teaching methodologies and the way they were examining students because Zambia was in dire need of more lawyers. ZIALE has repeatedly recorded low pass rates with some people alleging that some examiners were allegedly and deliberately failing students to avoid […]
