Mkuu Pasco! Naomba unifafanulie tofauti kati ya "technical disco na kudisco kwa ukilaza"? Pili tukubaliane kuwa "controversial rulings" za jaji ye yote zinaleta mashaka juu ya weledi wake. Tatu "any judge like Caesar's wife, should be beyond suspicion"
Mkuu asante kwa swali hili, kwa sababu mimi mwenyewe ni muhanga wa kula DISCO nilipokuwa UDSM na Prof. Ibrahim Juma akiwa Dean, alinitendea haki na nikaendelea.
1.Academic disco ni mwanafunzi anayeshindwa kufikia GPA ya 1.8, kwa sababu zozote zile iwe ni ukilaza au hakukamilisha course work.
A student shall be discontinued from studies at the University if he/
she attains an overall GPA of less
than 1.8. A student shall be discontinued from studies if, after sitting for supplementary
examinations, he/she obtains a GPA of less than 2.0
2. Technical Disco ni pale mwanafunzi anapozuiwa kufanya EU kwa sababu zozote. hivyo anakuwa discontinued. Huyu anayepewa disco kwa kuzuiwa sio lazima awe kilaza na kwenye matokeo panawekwa dash,
A candidate
must attend a minimum of 75% of the lectures and seminars (where offered) to be eligible
to sit for the end of semester written examination in the course otherwise the Dean retains the power
to bar any candidate’s access to examination if he/she is not sa
tisfied that the candidate qualifies to sit
for the examination as required by regulations, either by reason of poor attendance in lectures and
seminars or poor performance in coursework. A student who is so barred:
A candidate who, under these regulations is not permitted to do a written examination in any course
may be recommended for discontinuation or required to repeat a year as the case may be.
Mimi disco langu lilikuwa hili la pili. Nili appeal na nikashinda, na amini usiamini Ma-lectures nao ni human beings na sometimes kunatokea ma bifu tuu ya kitaa, unakomeshewa darasani.
My case was very special case, nimefanya mtihani, nimepata B+ kwenye karatasi ya mtihani, lakini kwenye matokeo ikawekwa E. Nikaanzia kwa mwalimu wa somo, akasema ulipata B sasa kama imeandikwa ni E then huyo atakuwa ni exterrnal examiner. Nikaenda kwa dean (Dr. Juma) akaangalia marking ya external akakuta alipitisha ile ile B+, hivyo hiyo E imetoka kwa mwalimu wa somo, ambaye ndiye yule niliyemuona mwanzo.
Dr. Juma akamuuliza mwalimu wa somo, kwa nini ameweka E, mwalimu akamjibu,huyu mwanafunzi (mimi), ananifahamu vizuri, na hakuwahi kuniona nikihudhuria lecture zake, hivyo sikuattend minimum ya 75% hivyo amenifutia matokeo iwe asa if sikufanya na sikuattend course.
Hapo ndipo Dr. Juma akatenda haki, kuwa mwanafunzi aliyeshindwa kufikia hiyo 75% ya mahudhurio, alipaswa kuzuiwa kufanya EU na sio kufanya na kufutiwa matokeo!. Pili mwalimu wa somo alipaswa kumletea mahudhurio dean kuthibitisha sikuhudhuria lecture zake, na ni dean ndiye anayezuia mwanafunzi kufanya EU na sio mwalimu wa somo. Appeal ikapita, B+ ikatambuliwa, disco lilaondolewa!.
Hivyo Prof Juma ni mtu wa haki bin haki!.
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