Daily News reports that law students at private universities have expressed relief after the Pietermaritzburg High Court declared the Independent Institution of Education’s (IIE’s) LLB programme equivalent to that offered at any public university in SA.  

Sinothi Mtshali, 20, a second-year LLB student at the IIE’s Varsity College in Durban North, was a first-year social sciences student at UKZN in 2017 and said there were differences between the two institutions.  “There were too many of us in class at UKZN.  I would be scared to raise my hand and ask a question, but here at VC there is a small class and you get a direct communication line with your lecturer,” he stated.  Mtshali added that the court case over the LLB programme had weighed heavily on his mind.  “The university was very upfront with us, but I was still worried that I might go through four years of studying law and not become a lawyer,” he said.  Louise Wiseman, managing director at Varsity College, said the IIE’s goal was to offer accredited, quality, private education.

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