The Zambia Institute of Business Studies and Industrial Practice (ZIBSIP) students today carried out a peaceful demonstration over the delay in the release of the December examination results.
ZIBSIP Students’ Union president elect Innocent Mulenga told ZANIS that students were protesting against management’s failure to release results for students pursuing Diploma in Business Administration (DBA), which were due in February.
Mr Mulenga said the normal duration of release of results was two months after the last day of completion of the examinations.
He disclosed that students had not been given their results five months after completing their examinations.
He said it was difficult for students to prepare for the end of June examination as they did not know how they performed in the previous examination.
“Students are psychologically defeated, there is no morale to study for the next examinations in June as they do not know where they stand and what they are studying for as the results for last semester’s examinations have not been published,” he said.
And Students Union outgoing Secretary General, Arthur Matefeya said management has not been very open in addressing the concerns of the affected students .
He said there was poor communication from management to the students on the release of the results despite constant follow ups by the Students’ Union representatives.
Meanwhile ZIBSIP Training Manager, Francis Bwalya attributed the delay in the release of results to administrative problems at the Copperbelt University (CBU) who are the examining body of the DBA programme.
Mr Bwalya told ZANIS that the Institute was only involved in the training part of the programme while CBU prepares the examinations and publishes the results.
He confirmed that the results of DBA for the institution were supposed to have been released at the end of February but were not yet made available.
Mr Bwalya also disclosed that CBU management had indicated that they would release the results on the 15th of May as they were finalising the process but had not yet availed them to the institution.
He was hopeful that the matter would be resolved as soon as possible so that normal learning could resume at the institution.
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It is the same when it comes to passports !! Delays are part of the agenda in Zambia.
Corruption and incompetence are woven into Zambian society.
Zambian way to change final results
hi jamaco. looks like we are two bored people at the moment! coming to this article, this is very unproffessional. why delay results for over 3months. even ECZ which has to deal with the nations results is on spot and what they do is not a simple task. there is too much of i don’t care attitudes in zambia. this is why our country will always be as backwards because people have no sense of urgency!
Lord Jesus please save our nation Zambia.I cant believe this,hope CBU is not rigging the results!
Naine kuti nafulwa mwee….One has to experience the waiting anxieties involved..
Delay ni part of life mu zed, just accept it or become a mu-diasporian and start commenting on lusakatimes.
hope they don’t turn to violence like their brothers pa Unza.
This should be something to celebrate
Daily stories, delay after delay. Wats up LT u hav run out of news
I think its justified for them to demostrate its really a bad and poor management for the students to go to the next exam without knowing the results..CBU should act professionally in this area..
corruption destroy everything because during interviews they leave students who can perform well they take the most drunker and smokers because of money as they always says money speaks and confusions will not end.