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24percent in 2008, 18 percent in 2006, and 14 percent in 2004. The distribution ofgender in responding to the survey also approximates the 181. As the centre has hadstudents from the entire region, the survey was sent out to students from severalcountries. The distribution of nationalities that responded closely corresponds to anoverall total of 38 percent of (181) graduates being Zimbabwean. When it comes tothe distribution across age cohorts, more respondents were between 25-35 than anyother group, but a fair amount was also younger (35-45 years old) and older (45-55years) and over 55. Moreover, as students have had diverse backgrounds, we hadthree questions in the survey to retrieve information about their background. Onequestion was whether they were lawyers or non-lawyers. We then asked the lawyersto specify their sub-discipline/type of law in an open text box. The non-lawyers wereasked to specify what discipline they have as their educational background. It appearsthat slightly more non-lawyers replied than lawyers (Annex 4 shows overall breakdown should be 79 percent and 21 percent respectively).We then turned to ask whether their previous and present work was related towomen’s rights, with the alternatives of ‘directly’, ‘indirectly’, ‘not related’ or ‘do notknow’ as response categories. 67 percent responded that their previous work wasrelated to women’s rights, while 66 percent responded that their present work isrelated to it as well. The same percentage of respondents- 32 percent- said that theirprevious and present work is not related to women’s rights.To reiterate the survey corresponds well to the overall graduate cohort. However, inaddition, concerning students with disabilities, we are aware that at least two hadvisual impairments. Though there is not a policy or quota for such students, we areaware that SEARCWL made extensive provisions for those disabled students whohave attended the course.3.2 Overall Survey Findings on Masters CourseThe survey contained some questions regarding the course. One question was whythe graduates chose the course in Zimbabwe. Four options were listed: “reputationof SEARCWL”, “bursary” (i.e. scholarship), “employment prospects”, “location”,“the regional nature of the course”, “other, please specify”. The responses show thatpeople did the course for a variety of reasons, with no outstanding factor. However,the focus group in Zimbabwe and some interviews suggested that several had chosenthe course because of the scholarship; that they had taken the undergraduate coursein Women’s Law at the University of Zimbabwe; and for some women the flexibilityallowed for mothers with young children.In addition, the graduates were asked to grade their satisfaction with the course from1 to 5 (where 5 is the highest) which has been summarised as follows:
25Table 3.4: Overall satisfaction with course (High satisfaction being rated 4 or 5 )The clear majority of respondents (90 percent) rated the different aspects very highly,giving them a score of either 4 or 5, which is quite outstanding satisfaction with aMaster’s degree course (see Survey in Annex for full listing of components). Inaddition, the graduates were asked whether they had other comments and a text boxwas offered for extra comments. Several of the graduates who offered suchcomments did so in general positively, emphasising impressive individual impact thatthe graduates attributed to the course. Examples and further discussion of suchindividual impact is pursued in section 3.3.There were four questions asking about satisfaction with the course in terms of itstheoretical approach and its practical approach, whether it was practically orientedand which components were most useful to the graduate. The graduates thought thecourse to be satisfactory in terms of its theoretical approach, 55 percent rated it withthe highest rate possible-5, while 40 percent rated it with 4, and 9 percent with 3.When it came to the question of whether they considered the course to besatisfactory in terms of its practical approach, a clear majority rated it highly- 74 percent rated it with 5, while 22 percent with 4. Furthermore, to the explicit question ofwhether the course was practically oriented, an emphatic 98 percent responded “yes”.Then, upon being given the option of choosing whether the practical or theoreticalcomponents of the course were most useful, 68 percent responded that the practicalcomponent was most useful, while 31 percent responded that the theoreticalcomponent was most useful. No one answered “neither” and 1 per cent replied “donot know”. In general, these results demonstrate that graduates have an overall highlevel of satisfaction with the course and its approach. In interviews, in the openendedquestions in the survey and in the focus group, several graduates expressed aparticularly recurring theme: that they have benefited from the course in their currentwork due to the methodological approach and the research skills gained throughhaving taken the course.
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