Nigerian Law School speak on the mass failure of students

The authority of the Nigerian Law School have spoken out
about the recent mass failure of students of the school. The
students embarked on a protest last week claiming that
over 3,000 of them failed the 2013/2014 exams. The
highest failure the Nigerian Law School has witnessed.
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But reacting, the Secretary to the Council of the Legal
Education and Director of Administration of Nigeria Law
School, Mrs. E.O Max-Uba, who spoke with PM News, said
the students lied, that only 1,000 failed and it was mostly
those who were retaking the exams after failing multiple
times. She claimed that 57.01% of those who wrote the
exam passed.
A document made available to PM NEWS indicated that a
total of 5841 regular candidates registered for the
examination in the 2013/2014 academic year across the six
campuses of the Law School. A further breakdown of the
performance revealed that four students made 1st Class
Honours while 96 students passed in the Second Class
(Upper Division).
620 of them passed in the Second Class (Lower Division)
while 2610 or 44.68 per cent of the students recorded
ordinary pass. Also, 501 students recorded conditional pass
because they have reference in one subject while 1932
students failed the examination.
However, the failure rate was high among the re-sit
candidates with about 1168 out of 1335 students who
registered failing the examinations while 88 students
recorded ordinary pass. Also, 26 of the re-sit students
recorded conditional pass.
Mrs. Max Uba told PM NEWS that the failure rate was high
among the re-sit students because some of them are either
working or based outside the country.
Mrs Max-Uba said the ongoing protest is being led by some
of the re-sit students that have sat for the examinations
four times without success because they refused to
participate in revision classes organised for them prior to
the examinations. She dismissed claims that the Director
General of the Law School, Prof was behind the failure
recorded.
On whether the results will be reviewed, she said any
candidate may apply for review in accordance with extant
rules of the Council for Legal Education. She also stated
that a resit would be conducted for those who failed the
exams next year.

Source: PM News