Re-populating the form field with the submitted data using form validation with array as the name doesn't work !!

[eluser]didit[/eluser]
hi all,
need your help

can the form_validation handle the form like this?? and how??

here my form

Code:

<form>
  Employee 1 : <input type="text" name="employee[]" value="<?php set_value('employee[]');?>">
  Employee 2 : <input type="text" name="employee[]" value="<?php set_value('employee[]');?>">
  <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Save">
</form>

many thanks