A total of 632 students failed this year’s Law School final examinations out of the 2,515 students who sat for the examinations held in January.
The Director-General, Nigerian Law School (NLS), Professor Isa Hayatu Chiroma (SAN) said, in a statement on Sunday, that the Council of Legal Education (CLE) held a virtual meeting last week to consider and approve the release of the results.
Chiroma said a breakdown of the results showed that five students got First Class and were placed under the category of ‘” outstanding performance,” constituting 0.2 per cent of the total students that sat for the examinations
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He added: “Candidates graded in Second Class Upper: 77 (3.06 %).
“Candidates graded in Second Class Lower Upper: 633 (25.17 %)
“Candidates in Pass: 1,067 (42.42 %)
“Candidate with Conditional Pass: 82 (3.26 %)
“Candidates who failed: 632 (25.12 %)
“Absent: 17 (0.7 %)
“Withheld: 2 (0.08%)”
Chiroma said the dates for screening and call to bar would be communicated to the affected students in due course.
