PARLIAMENT yesterday heard that the standards of university education in Zambia have tremendously deteriorated and is the cause of the general poor quality of graduates in all fields including law.
Chairperson of the committee on legal affairs, governance, human rights and gender matters, Jack Mwiimbu said the unfortunate position had been compounded by the liberalisation of university education which had seen the mushrooming of private universities countrywide.
Mr Mwiimbu who is United Party for National Development (UPND) Monze Member of Parliament (MP) said this when he moved a motion for Parliament to adopt the committee’s report that none of the country’s universities were ranked among the best in Africa.
He said the committee was concerned with the lack of supervision of all universities by the ministry of Education.
“Sir it is not unusual in this country to find a university operating in the backyard of some residential house or renting two rooms in some dilapidated building in town. Furthermore, the qualifications of lecturers in some of these universities are highly doubtful,” he said.
Mr Mwiimbu said the committee studied operations of the Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education (ZIALE) and the administration of the legal practitioners qualifying examinations because of several reports to the effect that the pass rate at ZIALE in successive years had been going down.
He said according to the findings, the pass rate at ZIALE had been deteriorating progressively from about 2008 because of the increase in the number of students enrolling and general poor quality of graduates coming from some private universities who were failing to adopt with ZIALE conditions.
He said statistics at ZIALE indicated that students from the University of Zambia (UNZA) performed better than their colleagues from private universities because UNZA had no direct enrolment into law school but one had to successfully complete one year in the School of Humanities before enrolling.
He appealed to private universities offering the law degree to consider introducing stringent measures in their selection process for aspiring law students failure to which they risked their students to perpetually be failing at ZIALE.
He called on government through the ministry of Education to enhance its supervisory role over all universities.
Mr Mwiimbu urged government to consider offering loans to students to enable them access education at ZIALE adding that some students were not concentrating fully because of lack of sponsorship.
In supporting the report MMD Lukulu East MP Christopher Kalila said it was not right that Government should make the introduction of higher education free for all where a group of individuals decided to come together and form a university.
He said the universities were mushrooming because Government had no stringent measures on the regulation of the ownership of the said bodies.
MMD Nalikwanda MP Geoffrey Lungwangwa said Government should ensure that all universities had libraries adding that a number of universities were not fit to be highest schools of learning.
He was happy that ZIALE was playing the role of a gatekeeper and that Government should ensure that all professions should have gatekeepers provide checks and balances.
OF all private universities,only university of Lusaka offers the best starndards in terms of facilities,lecturers and examination starndards.i think unilus should be supported and commended by Government.
This is because most of the Lecturers at University of Lusaka are Copperbelt Univerty Lecturers. that’s the reason why
When i was left out of the Unza selection it was one of my worst moments in my life.I cried a river coz i just couldn`t understand why it happened despite obtaining very good grades at grade 12,while people who had grades lower than me went in…friends i used to help tutor myself, but thank God now am in one of the best universities in the world and learning from one of the worlds most acclaimed professors.Stories like this convinces me that there was a reason why that happened.Funny how things happens in life.
Parliament doesn’t need to be told. They know exactly what is going on in higher education in Zambia. But since they are all daft they probably need to be told.
UNILUS, and all the other so called University, is and will always remain a 2nd class university.
Its very shocking how stu.pid some of those comments are, that is education for goodnes sake important for national development and future advancement of your country! you must be worried not laughing at the problem. you should feel challenged and fueled up to do something about the problem, most of those overseas universities you are praising are kept afloat groups called ´FRIENDS OF THOSE UNIVERTIES` made up of ex-student and concerned men& women who love their country,
This why i always say its stu.pid to be a degree holder and all you know is paper calculations and some good english language.. no tangible results to back those sleepless nights…
Zambia is still a begging national after 50yrs of self rule because of stu.pid `educated` people,degree,Phd holders,, damn you!
There is also that St Eugene University which seems to be very good. It has some catholic touch I think and those guys are good with education. St Eugene is also an international university I hear.
I coulda told you that.Every time a new african survey comes out i only see South african,Morrocan,Egyptian,Tzedian or kenyan universities rated best in africa.In Zambia we suck at almost every level and we have plenty PHD’s in mediocrity.
ACTUALLY, I PERSONALLY DO NOT THINK ZAMBIA HAS REACHED A STAGE WHERE WE CAN HAVE QUALITY PRIVATE UNIVERSISTIES. TO START WITH, I HAD ISSUES WITH EVEN THE PROCLAMATION OF THE FORMER UNZA-NDOLA CAMPUS IN KITWE AS COPPERBELT UNIVERSITY. IT SHOULD’VE REMAINED UNZA-NDO OR JUST ZIT. I KNOW OF SOME ‘LECTURERS’ THER WHO COULD’VE MADE THE GRADE TO TEACH AT UNZA.
HIGHER EDUCATION IN ZAMBIA HAS BEEN COMMODITISED, SUCH THAT EACH TIME YOU SIT TO WATCH TV IN THE EVENING, YOU’D SEE MORE ADVERTS OF NEW COLLEGES THAT THOSE OF DETERGENTS! ALA AMA UNIVERSITY YANOMBA NA BOOM DETERGENT PASTE YAWAMAPO!!!! SOON WE’LL HAVE MORE COLLEGES THAN SHEBEENS… AND THIS MATTER VERY SERIOUSLY IMPACTS ON THE RECOGNITION AND ACCEPTABILITY OF ZAMBIAN QUALIFICATIONS ABROAD.
SORRY: “… WHO COULD NOT HAVE MADE THE GRADE…”
‘Wanu Ngwee’, your grammar seems to call for Elementary Education than the University Education you are harping about – sort that out first, we may then understand your argument!!
THANKS BAUZE, I’LL POLISH UP MY GRAMMAR, BUT PLEASE LEARN TO SAY “I” AND NOT “WE” WHEN YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE THAT FAILS TO UNDERSTAND. YOU’LL ALSO DO WELL TO DIFFERENTIATE TYPING FROM GRAMMAR.
This is the first meaningful debate from our parliament. I was at Unza years back, couldn’t fault the education I received. I have benefitted from the knowledge immensely. biggest problem with graduates of today is extravagance, greed and corruption! Practice the 10000hrs principle after graduating..you will reap genuine rewards.
hey whats the 10000hrs principle?teach me..
Masraider: Thanks my friend. In a nutshell, practice what you have learnt consistently and repeatedly for at least 10000hrs.. Do not concentrate on “years of experience” because in most cases, they mean nothing and quite irrelevant..
YOU GUYS ARE RAISING A VERY COMPLICATED MATTER: You know, there’s also the phenomenon of One Year’s Experience x 10years or 20 years! So I like the part of practising consistently BUT NOT REPEATEDLY!
One ngwee
SERIOUSLY THE ISSUE OF THE STANDARD CONTROL OF OUR PRIVATELY OWNED UNIVERSITIES IS OF VERY MUCH CONCERN AND IT PAINS ME TO THAT OUR GOVERNMENT LET THEM OPERATE WHEN IN THE END THEY KNOW GRADUATES FROM THIS UNIVERSITIES DONT STAND A CHANCE ON THE JOB MARKET.WHAT EVEN MORE WORRYING IS THAT RECENTLY MY NEPHEW GOT AN ADMISSION AT SOME DISTANCE LEARNING UNIVERSITY(UNIVERSITY OF AFRICA) WHICH IS ACREDITATED WITH THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION BUT IS THE UNIVERSITY CREDIBLE ENOUGH TO GARANTE JOBS AT THE END OF THEIR PROGRAMES
MMD messed up this sector during their 20 years in power. let PF correct the mess
OK, how?
All we’ve seen PF do so far is to create more and more so-called “universities” (…with immediate effect) when they can’t even maintain, let alone improve, the ones that are there already. How does this help?
Sata was part of the MMD and so was Guy Scot, GBM, Nkandu Luo and many many others who have now regrouped under a new name called PF. So who really destroyed our education under MMD? For sure Sata was one of them…MHSRIP
Ba Analyst. Which of the people you have mentioned above was at anytime Minister of Education? Think before you defend the indefensible! Further more the report on ZIALE talks about standards starting from 2008. You clearly are a product of the Lungwangwa’s UNZA management time
I was responding to @KweKwe and not necessary to the article… Thanks for your concern Zon van…
No pressure bakamba! Sorry for being so harsh. I consider myself very lucky to have left UNZA before it went down the tubes just before MMD came into power. But we still have chaps like Mutesa, Siakalima, Lungwangwa, Mbozi…. who are only interested in their political ambitions instead of help Zambian education improve.
Its very shocking how stu.pid some of those comments are, that is education for goodnes sake important for national development and future advancement of your country! you must be worried not laughing at the problem. you should feel challenged and fueled up to do something about the problem, most of those overseas universities you are praising are kept afloat by groups called ´FRIENDS OF THOSE UNIVERTIES` made up of ex-student and concerned men& women who love their country,
This why i always say its stu.pid to be a degree holder and all you know is paper calculations and some good english language.. no tangible results to back those sleepless nights…
Zambia is still a begging national after 50yrs of self rule because of stu.pid `educated` people,degree,Phd holders,, damn you!
you expect to produce top class graduates in that country when all what they dream of is black Friday… kikikik kuti waseka
Icho chintu.lol
Its very shocking how stu.pid some of those comments are, that is education for goodnes sake important for national development and future advancement of your country! you must be worried not laughing at the problem. you should feel challenged and fueled up to do something about the problem, most of those overseas universities you are praising are kept afloat by groups called ´FRIENDS OF THOSE UNIVERTIES` made up of ex-student and concerned men& women who love their country,
This why i always say its stu.pid to be a degree holder and all you know is paper calculations and some good english language.. no tangible results to back those sleepless nights…
Zambia is still a begging national after 50yrs of self rule because of stu.pid `educated` people,degree,Phd holders,, damn you!
Its sad students only interestd in demos & fightng govt.Lecturers also leak exams to momas compromisng standards.
ranking of universitites depends alot on the research done and the number of international publications. how do you expect the university of zambia for example to perform when there is no funding for research. How do you expect the university then to buy state of the art equipment and software to use for research purposes if there is no money. Our local companies do not want to invest in the university by funding research topics related to the problems they might be facing in industry. Dear industry the universitites are there to solve your problems and teach young professionals. Take your problems there and fund them and see if you wont get cheaper solutions than the ones you seem to get from outside the country.
I’m certain Zambia’s mediocrity’s no longer about funding, sadly about the so called professionals flagging their PhD’s, MBA’s who lack ethics & r lazy 2 do any real work but talk talk talk. Doesn’t matter how much the govt puts in, but until Zambians learn 2 have the tenacity 2 do the 10000hrs practice & become more individually proud of their deliverables, Zambia’ll never progress. Look at the reasons y most parastatals r failing, board mbrs who r supposed 2 b strategists go there only to corrupt the coy & drain down operations coz they make every excuse to get paid 4 nothing. Is there a board that is proud to deliver within budget, over & above forecasted results. Its pathetic 2 hear excuses 4 failures, even sadder that they r allowed 2 continue. ZICTA awakes, when do heads…
@hitman…..you really are well informed than most of these chaps yapping minus understanding the intricacies of the matter at hand……..most of them sound more of politicians than informed technocrats
One simple word “funding” . The funding from the govt. for the universities is clearly not on top of their agenda. Quality education is synonymous with money. All the top universities in Africa which are in South Africa by the way are well funded and maintained.
We don’t have universities in Zambia, the so called don’t even meet college standards. It’s a shame and waste of time for Zambian youth as their degrees are not recognized anywhere else apart from Zambia.
try to be informed next time before you comment febana!!!
hahaha…..@prince for sure you are ignorant……..you have no data………..
Its very shocking how stu.pid some of those comments are, that is education for goodnes sake important for national development and future advancement of your country! you must be worried not laughing at the problem. you should feel challenged and fueled up to do something about the problem, most of those overseas universities you are praising are kept afloat by groups called ´FRIENDS OF THOSE UNIVERTIES` made up of ex-student and concerned men& women who love their country,
This why i always say its stu.pid to be a degree holder and all you know is paper calculations and some good english language.. no tangible results to back those sleepless nights…
Zambia is still a begging national after 50yrs of self rule because of stu.pid `educated` people,degree,Phd holders,, damn you!
We have remained poor 50 years after independence because Unza is producing Supervisors instead of producing Engineers. Just google and compare the subjects taught at Manchester university where Dr joseph Mutale is, in Electrical and Electronics Engineering to Unza so called Beng and you will agree with me. In Zambia we are too general, and we know something about everything and are good at nothing. We need to re-align our education system.
what moderation you LT? You prefer people who post insults and hate speech!
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We have remained poor 50 years after independence because Unza is producing Supervisors instead of producing Engineers. Just google and compare the subjects taught at Manchester university where Dr joseph Mutale is, in Electrical and Electronics Engineering to Unza so called Beng and you will agree with me. In Zambia we are too general, and we know something about everything and are good at nothing. We need to re-align our education system.
@ the prince. Don,t mislead the readers. There are a lot of zambians with degrees working overseas and their qualifications are recognized and I happened to be one. May be if you talk about private universities I can agree.
Our education system was designed to produce supervisors to take over jobs from the foreigners in state enterprises. Things have since changed, hence the need to re-align the curricula. For example if I am going to be an Engineer I don’t have to learn about hitler or shaka. I can just about them out of interest or as need arises.
can just read about them as need arises.
Hello Cavendish university ! Muli laka ?
I was once at unza, labs in Natural Science(NC) it used to be bad, I remember very well when it came to doing chemistry labs, we had only two Balances per two tutorial groups(TGs) of about 20 people each carrying out an experiment. Now you can imagine about 40 people using two Balances. Physics 2 to 3 persons per out dated equipments. School of Engineering, department of electrical engineering, things are bad there, no proper equipments. Sad that then with lots of other folks thought that things were ok, we used to boast, call ourselves intellectuals, we where on top of the world. But when I came here that’s when I realized that we are very behind in almost everything, we have a lot to do, especially in engineering and sciences. For without these two, then forget about development.
Tell us something we do not know please! What do you expect when you elect thugs to govern you? UNZA was once a great university, the time that we were ruled by a former teacher. Vote wisely next time.
the findings r hardly suprising. the level of arguments on this blog are of dodgy logic, coming from so called zed grads. its so scary. small wonder foreign companies bring their own pipo to z
Kulibonesha taa
Most leaders including the president have never tasted university how do you expect him to pay attention to universities. vote wisely.Zambia has been stagnant for 12 years
Yes graduates from kalingalinga university are a big shame, amd those from open university are worse than a grade 12 school leaver in the UK, BUT THIS UNIVERSITY IS RUN lectures who fail to produce better results- what do you expect from the likes of Mr. Simon Kaoma, school of Education UNZA, the so called professor Chishimba who sometimes does while delivering a lecture, these Bmbas are spoiling UNZA
Are you sure about graduates from Open University Sir? Find out the number of Open University Law Grads who were adimitted to the Zambian Bar in Feburary this year. Research before commenting Boss.
Is mushota from UNZA too?
Our Universities were once great, you need an accreditation system in order to keep out so called universities which do not deserve that name. How many labs does Mosi o tunya university have?
I don’t how transparent ziale exams are, but I am sure even a graduate from Harvard Law school can fail their exams.
The Chairperson’s Report on ZIALE is surprizing considering the submissions that were made by stalkholders e.g UNZA, ZAOU and LAZ. The Report has not addressed a lot of issues that were raised e.g the five ban on students who fail to pass on third attempt, lack of transparency in the way the exams are set and marked. Additionally the learned MP did not tell the House whether the pass rate is performance based or not? The Chairperson mislead the House by reporting that the pass rate started going down in 2008 because of a number of private universities. On the contrary ZIALE was not enrolling students from Private Universities in 2008 because the ZIALE Act and the Legal Practitioners Act did not have a provision for the admission of students from Private Universities except UNZA students.
We need to find the root cause and look for solutions.Stop making political statements for it is not only the universities but everything from primary,secondary,college and universities.This also extends to examination bodies and the ministry of education.There is just no urgency from the powers that may to address this situation.The education minister must work up.Why is it that the best standards are from private schools,colleges and universities???????????????
Chief Ishindi – congrats, its not easy. We will hear more about you! Mixing culture, traditional and current education, you will serve your people with pride. A thundering example to all lads.
Too much theory with duplicated syllabus.In developed countries degrees are 4/3 yrs short but here you have start learning crap which doesn’t add any value then you later in your course.
(in) meant enrol…communication skills 1 and 2 ,this,that 1 and 2..1 & 2 & 3and do yo subject a law student to calculus. so irritating programmes for nothing..how do you have 40 courses for a Buisness degree? We can do better otherwise our curriculum is soooooooo wacky!
UNISA,University of Cape Town,UNAMU, University of Lagos & so forth have very simple and modern courses but with substance here we believe in quantity loading courses with unnecessary courses making them hard for nothing yet we are rated WORSE than those mentioned…Kukosesa vinthu vili straight forward…Colonial British syllabus is long gone even the British have changed to the modern system…
In my humble opinion there is really nothing wrong with what we were taught during the undergraduate period. Personally the knowledge I gained from CBU prepared me for my Masters overseas such that I outshone even the students of my host country despite struggling with reading resources and internet back in Zed. What Zambian universities need is to emphasize on the practical aspect of learning especially for engineering and science programs. This entails upgrading the labs and providing more funding for research. Also resources like the internet should be easily accessible by everyone in the university community. With the internet students and lecturers alike don’t need to go to the university library but can access books, research articles, video lectures and other resources.
Spot on
In Zambia we erroneously think that maintaining standards is to reduce numbers deliberately of people graduating in a certain course or the number of people being admitted to the bar. This creates an artificial shortage and those who some how go through feel some sense importance. But this is counter productive at the end of the day and is a source of corruption.
I am a graduate of UNZA and CBU and an HR Manager somewhere, be warned those of you coming with qualifications from abroad or the so called private universities in some backyards, we will never hire you. Your qualifications are not recognised
I will be coming to Zed soon.I will be from somewhere but with better standards than your UNZA and CBU.Get ready for me…not your company but one of your universities you have mentioned have offered me a job as a professor.
No wonder we Africans are failing to shake of the Hunter gatherer tag, because of you who have been to school but lack education. Instead of contributing positively so that we can help find a lasting solution you just post something else. That’s why we don’t have evidence of our history like Egyptian pyramids before we were discovered by a white man.
Ati shani? Education Standards for what? Why should our Katekas worry about funding our Universities as long as the Budgetary Allocation, which is in Billions of Kwachas, for their First Ladies is met? Muleyangala imwe. Standards, Standards, …….my foot! Fumeni apa!
Zambian graduates are hot cakes abroad especially in the EU and the States. If you can survive UNZA med then your competency and proficiency is unquestionable. Private Universities enrol students based on mock exams (what a joke) their main objective is to profit regardless of the quality of graduates that they produce.
@ Mo taim, your grammar is pathetic, may be that explains why you were left out during the UNZA selection process you are talking
about. You don’t seem to know when to add ‘s’ after a word and when not to. I wonder which top uni you are at.
Ha ha ha.Good observation but its not as if i`m not writing a dissertation or something on Lt.I won`t tell you which university but its one of the best in the world.
Anyway pipo who personally know me knows what am talking bout.All the best bro.
Somebody help me, what happened to MULIKUPIKWA UNIVERSITY. I have tried to google it nothing comes up!
I have no problem with UNZA medical students because I have seen what they do in saving lives right here in Zambia and not under supervision from foreigners. My biggest worry is the Engineering profession because Engineering is what makes or breaks an economy. All these big countries we admire were build by Engineers. Layers, Economists and accountants are just opportunists. They become rich out of the sweat of others.
If you have never been to university (cbu or unza) but got ka degree kobe from these mushrooming colleges so called university wawa mudala
When i saw that ‘Standards of education are going down’, i thought we were referring to how practical Zambian Graduates apply their skills to build and better Zambia, but it turned out to be another academic story of how UNZA this and UNZA that and how how others are just not up to UNZA’s level,………
E.g…. So,what will happen at ZRL now that CHirwa isn’t here,…?!?
I think Parliamentary committees such as the one in question must endeavor to nurture and promote private University Education that stigmatize and stereotype them.
I don’t know about now, but in the past the UNZA enrollment system left out some of Zambia’s best brains due to scarcity of academic places. Most went into the Armed forces or colleges which is appreciated, but somehow the Nation lost out.
Most Universities of South Africa being referred to above are private and had to start from somewhere unlike here where KK discouraged such initiatives from missionaries and others and only encouraged mono University culture.
Universities such as DMI in Lusaka are doing great. Pre University tests are tough and the Freshmen must undergo rigorous Science and Mathematics to qualify…
… and Science to qualify to the second year. Those that make it to the final year do so in Chennai India to fine tune them with that Country’s University culture and standards which I believe is one of the best in the World.
The University run by the Indian catholic nuns has built a state of the art multi million facility along Great East road.
Parliamentary committees such as the Mwiimbu one must commend such initiatives.
What do you expect, when as a nation we can’t even require that a presidential candidate must have a basic degree? We are not a serious nation.
No wonder we have a lot of uneducated fo ols .Lungwangwa and his minions must not even talk about this important subject.Anyway ,we can do better to listen to Nathen Nyerenda’s song,’Mwemakufi’,Amano pazed yalichepa.
ZAMBIANS…PLZZZZZZZZZZ…YOU ARE JUST BEGINNING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LAW OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND..THERE IS DEMAND FOR THESE UNIVERSITIES, HENCE SUPPLY OF THEM WILL CONTINUE. EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, HENCE LAWS PASTED BY CONGRESSES AND PARLIAMENTS IN WESTERN COUNTRIES TO REGULATE EARLIER INSTITUTIONS SO THEY CAN ACHIEVE PERFECTION AS WE SEE NOW..MORE STUDENTS WILL MEAN GREATER FUNDING AND R&D FROM THESE INSTITUTIONS REQUIRED BY BUSINESS, LEADING TO MORE MONEY FOR THE INSTITUTIONS, BETTER PAY FOR PROFESSORS, HENCE HIRING OF BETTER PROFESSORS AND BETTER EDUCATION. BLAME GOVERNMENT NOT THE PHD,MASTERS OR DEGREE HOLDER WHO AFTER GETTING A WORLD CLASS EDUCATION HAVE NO FUNDING FOR RESEARCH!!!!!!!!
GOVERNMENT PLLZZZZZZ FUND THESE UNIVERSITIES LET’S STOP POINTING FINGERS AND BLAMED OUR EDUCATED PEOPLE..THE FACT THAT GOVERNMENT IS NOT INVESTING IN EDUCATION JUST GOES TO SHOW WERE THE COUNTY IS GOING.
There is also that St Eugene University which seems to be very good. It has some catholic touch I think and those guys are good with education. St Eugene is also an international university I hear
The government was not wrong to liberalise the education sector. UNZA, Mulungushi and CBU cannot cater for all of us Zambians in need of University Education. All that the government needs to do is to strictly regulate the private universities’ standards and ensure they are operating up standards. According to this report, it’s not only private universities that have lowered standards but even UNZA and CBU because they where also not mentioned among the best in Africa. Some private Universities have set higher standards than public ones. For example, the pass mark at Cavendish university in the school of law is 50%, while for UNZA is 40%.
CAVENDISH UNIVERSITY LAW STUDENT
Leaders are born leaders .Zambia needs now technocratics not politicians .Since independence University of Zambia has only produced good lawyers and good politicians what about innovative scientists, inventors . We have a lot of challenges in this country we need to produce scientist to spear head space shuttling , engineers to manufacture cars and machinery . Each time some one graduates from the varsity all that they think is to become presidents or ministers .We have seen TD JAKES , other Doctors in the states who have remained in the technocratic arena to enhance development .Remember chiefs are also leaders do you need them to obtain a degree .That’s why we are poor in Africa because we all opt to become presidents even if our backgrounds are offline in terms of leading others
It so funny the way some called UNZA, CBU students reason. The sooner you realise that people in private universities pay a lot of money & their money is valued in return with quality education than you will understand that it pays to be in a private university.
If you continue resisting change and development then you shall continue sleeping like bed bugs in the so called UNZA & CBU.
Jobs are not a problem in Zambia unless you come from a family that does not own a single company in Zambia. And is it that some of you don’t know Zambia well. The lecturers are the same people in public or private universities. Muleenda so that you know these things instead of chasing the wind.
I’m a proud product of UNILUS.
Please its not my fault that I had all I needed at Unilus including a clean…
mwe bantu I want to know if cavendish is a good school.
just straight answers dont ponta
You people keep on condemning the private universities when the so called UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA has no capacity to enroll the high number of students that apply.
Zambia should just come with a university specialised in law like in other countries.
Take for example Apex medical university it is only specialised in science courses
the university of zambia is a compromised institution because of sexually transmitted marks. all females graduating are sick from hiv because of looking for fevours.i think Cavendish university,Lusaka university and open university are qualitable than the so called unza.i will personally not allow any of my relative to go to any government primary,secondary or university because of lack of globalization focus in all grz schools and lack of global recognition.the backwardness in all grz unza is seen in the structure of their llb and all undergraduate courses.no international dynamics ,only bemba culture in their graduates.shame on zambia.
Look, saying a qualification from a private University is useless is just senseless. The truth of the matter is UNZA, CBU and Mulungushi cannot accommodate the high number of Grade 12 school levers each year. Since there a few public universities, applicants opt to go to private universities. As a country we are supposed to encourage and support these institutions not condemn them. If they are under performing, well and good, say something. Not waikuta ubwali and you start condemning what you don’t know. Some of these institutions are legit and redeeming Zambia, the sooner we start accepting them the better for all of us.
I totally agree with the comment by victor. As a country, we need to appreciate the effort by private universities to provide higher education to Grade 12 school leavers who fail to secure places at UNZA, CBU and other public universities. we talk ill of our institutions until you go to Europe and America, where as a Zambian student you perform extremely well. i have seen before. our education system is extremely good. when someone goes to Zambian Open University he meets all the expenses. He does not receive any support from government. it simply means that he has not time for throwing stones. These are mature and serious individuals know what they want in life. so because you graduated from a public university does not in any way make you a better grad. I have come across many grads who…