Ekanjume, April 13 -- The National University of Lesotho (NUL) together with Metropolitan Lesotho launched the NUL- Metropolitan Research Chair in Pension Law Studies which was established in November 2020 as a partnership between NUL and Metropolitan to promote scholarship that is relevant to the pension and insurance industry in Lesotho.

Metropolitan has sponsored the setting up and running of an academic programme called "Certificate in Pension Law Studies" to be offered by NUL starting from the 2021/22 academic year. The programme is in the process of accreditation by the Council on Higher Education (CHE).

NUL Vice Chancellor Professor Kananelo Mosito explained that the research chair is a way of attracting a competent faculty to jo...