By NATION REPORTERTHERE is nothing sinister about the high failure rate recorded at the Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education (ZIALE) because the institution has to raise standards, legal practitioners have said.The practitioners urged students at ZIALE to pull up their socks in order to meet the standards required at the education institution.Speaking in separate interviews, Lusaka lawyers Jonas Zimba and Sakwiba Sikota said the high failure rate recorded at ZIALE was justified.Mr Zimba said courses at ZIALE were rigorous and not designed for any ‘jim and jack’ to walk over easily.He said the standards set by ZIALE were meant to ensure that only the best get to practice in the industry.“Those courses are not for every jim and jack to walkover, the standards have to be set high so that we get to have the best lawyers,” said Mr Zimba.And Mr Sikota said since the 1980s, ZIALE examinations have been tough with a low […]
ZIALE students’ failure rate defended
