The Copperbelt University (CBU)
The Copperbelt University (CBU) is a established in (unknown). The campus is located in and hosts students with an endowment of .
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the place has taught me a lot am glad i was there.overall the place is good the learning standards are not excellent but they are good.the only problem was when it came to being accommodated, taking a bath, and washing my dishes those were the worst time.please improve on the accommodation issue no matter how many times that we renovate that place as long as the place is still overcrowded the place will still wont be conducive. thank you
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My first experience at the Copperbelt University (CBU) started with the realization that you don’t know what goes on until you get there. There I was in March 2007 with my suitcases, not knowing where to go first, and feeling confused, with nowhere to take my bags. I dragged them throughout the first few hours of the registration process, standing in long queues, with forms to be signed in by staff located in different places. The registration process was too long, and at one point I had to go back home in Ndola and return the same day because I found there was another fee I had to pay for my accommodation, which I didn’t know till then. I was lucky to have been given accommodation, because there are only enough rooms to accommodate about a thousand students, out of over five thousand full time students.
Most of the students find themselves stranded, and have to look for alternative accommodation. There is a norm of ‘squatting’, with a bed meant for one accommodating two, and a room for two accommodating four, and even up to six students. Some sleep on the floor. Diploma students are allowed to have rooms only in their final year, and part time students can’t have any. And thus, in this cramped situation, I spend five years at the University, doing my Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering in the School of Engineering, till December 2011.
There was always academic work to be done, because the University runs in terms instead of semesters, three months to each term, and I had seven courses average in each academic year. The breaks in between were usually short, a week or two at most. Except for the time we closed for three months because we staged a big demonstration. I actually liked the term system, because at the end of each term, we had tests for what we had covered that far. That kept the information fresh by the time we did end of year exams. Assignments were many, almost always, and they were part of Continuous Assessment, which carries 40% of one’s total marks, the remaining 60% by the end of year exams, Sessional exams as they are called. One needs to ‘clear’ 50% of their Continuous Assessment before being allowed to write the Sessionals. Good time management was my ally.
A good number of my lecturers were good at their job, and, naturally, a few didn’t seem to know how to perform their work. Some of them were bent on intimidation. Others were slow and lazy, usually trying to catch up on their work towards the end of the term or year, piling more work on us. I wish the University could emphasize on practical application of the much theory I studied. Most of the labs have been turned into classrooms, because of the large number of students. But overall, I cannot regret what I learned at CBU. The knowledge is useful and very marketable.
Most of my funding throughout my five years came from the Bursaries Committee, which covers both CBU and the University of Zambia. Unfortunately, students doing Diploma programs are not included in the bursaries scheme and have to pay their full fees. The scheme varies among the degree students, being at 25%, 50%, 75% and 100%. I was on the 75% scheme, meaning I had to pay 25% of my fees, and was given meal allowance every month. Other allowances were book allowance and project allowance, given once annually, but it is now given to only final year Degree students. And each year the tuition fees increase, sometimes to unbelievable heights. But the policy of the University is you pay the same fees throughout your study period as you did in the first year, so it is every fresh intake of students that feels the pinch.
I graduated in 2012, and I do hope the University gets better.