LDC expels 52 students for dodging lectures
At least 52 LDC students discontinued for breaking rules. FILE PHOTO
What you need to know:
- LDC students’ leader Stanley Oketcho said that they are trying to engage the administration to help fellow students to get the quickest remedy in the shortest time possible.
- He was optimistic that the examination board will exercise its mandate to reverse the decision for the students to do special examinations.
KAMPALA. At least 52 students pursuing post graduate diplomas in legal practice have been discontinued and or expelled for allegedly breaching the Law Development Center (LDC) rules.
The Board of Examiners sitting on December 7, 2017 to consider a list of 851 Bar Course students of 2017/2018 academic Year ruled that the students are ineligible to sit first term examinations.
Mr Everest Turyahikayo, the Academic Registrar signed the decision which also announced that first term examinations will be held on December 11 to 15 this year.
LDC Public Relations Officer, Mr Hamis Lukyamuzi Ddungu said that the discontinued students failed to score 90 percent attendance in academic activities.
He said that they will be doing their examinations the following year when the institution conduct the same exercise.
In a separate interview, Mr Turyahikayo confirmed the development; “They have been discontinued in this academic year but the rules allow them to repeat the course in the first term of the next academic year.”
He added: “We give them letters of discontinuation and in the communication we indicate that they are free to resume.”
Mr Turyahikayo explained that the decision is not a surprise because it is indicated under the rules governing the passing of the bar course.
According to Rule 4, Mr Turyahikayo said that a student who does not meet 90 percent attendance requirement of all academic activities in a term cannot be allowed to sit examinations in that term.
“We do it every term and whoever does not meet the 90 percent is discontinued. This is since 2014, it is not a secret,” said Mr Turyahikayo adding that the discontinued students will now have to write to the institution to indicate their willingness to join the course for proper planning.
LDC students’ leader Stanley Oketcho said that they are trying to engage the administration to help fellow students to get the quickest remedy in the shortest time possible.
He was optimistic that the examination board will exercise its mandate to reverse the decision for the students to do special examinations.
