LDC throws out 50 students for missing online classes
This means that these students will not be allowed to do Third Term exams, which would have guaranteed them to proceed to Clerkship.
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KAMPALA – The Law Development Centre (LDC) has disqualified over 50 students for failing to attend online classes which were initiated as a lecturing stop-gap measure during the ongoing COVID-19 era.
This means that these students will not be allowed to do Third Term exams, which would have guaranteed them to proceed to Clerkship.
The LDC has asked the affected students to re-apply and repeat the academic year.
In the letter to students, the Centre says: “The Board of Examiners held a meeting on November 4, 2020 to consider eligibility of Bar Course students of 2019/2020 Academic Year, to sit Third Term Examinations.”
For some of the students, the communication reads: “We found ineligible as provided under Rule 4(11) of the rules governing passing of Bar Course 2019 and shall not be allowed to sit exams for Third Term.”
This Rule says: “A student who fails to meet attendance requirements in any teaching week of a term fails the term and shall not be allowed to undertake any assessment in the term including examinations nor to progress to the next term.”
The students can opt-out of the course, or if interested re-apply in the subsequent academic year to repeat the nine-month course.
However, some of the students have vowed to appeal the decision of the school.
LDC rules change
Any person intending to enroll at LDC to pursue postgraduate studies for the award of a law practising certificate, will be required to make an undertaking to study online.
The LDC, in its call for applications for the Bar Course for the first intake for the 2020/2021 academic year, said only applicants “willing and able to undertake online distance learning should apply for admission”.
“The National Council for Higher Education (NHCE) has approved the LDC Bar Course for open, distance and e-learning.
The Bar Course may be conducted online or with a blend of both online and physical learning in accordance with the guidelines issued by the NCHE and the rules for passing the Bar Course,” Everest Turyahikayo, the academic registrar, said.
