Parliament directs General Legal Council to compel Law School to Admit 499 Students who had 50% pass mark
- Parliament has passed a resolution for the General Legal Council to admit students into the Ghana Law School
- The 499 students who obtained the 50 percent pass mark are to be admitted into the law school immediately
- Effutu MP, Alexander Afenyo Markin said the continuous frustration of the candidates who sit for the law school exams makes the practice unattractive
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Accra - The Parliament of Ghana has asked that all LLB students who obtained the 50 percent pass mark in the law school entrance examinations be admitted.
The resolution was passed by parliament on Friday October 29, 2021.
By this, the General Legal Council is to compel the Ghana Law School to admit the 499 students who sat for the 2021 entrance exams and passed in accordance with the marking scheme as advertised.
The resolution follows a motion by deputy minority whip Ahmed Ibrahim, fine-tuned by first deputy speaker who was presiding Joseph Osei-Owusu, and repeated by Effutu MP Alexander Afenyo-Markin.
The First deputy speaker Joseph Osei-Owusu ordered the Attorney General, Godfred Dame, to ensure that the resolution is carried through by the Ghana Law School.
According to Effutu MP, Alexander Afenyo Markin, the continuous frustration of the candidates who sit for the law school exams makes the practice unattractive in Ghana.
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“We are telling the Ghana law school that they continuously frustrating students, they are making the study of law unattractive," he said.
2,034 candidates failed law school exams
YEN.com.gh earlier reported that 2,034 Bachelor of Law (LLB) candidates who sat for the 2020/2021 academic year Ghana School of Law Entrance exams failed.
Out of the students who sat for the exam, only 790 of them passed, representing approximately 28% while the failure represents 72%.
Over the past few years, admissions into the Ghana School of Law have become an issue especially in relation to the number of students that pass the entrance exams.
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