Entrance exams for Law School is a ‘sham’ – Student
President Akufo-Addo’s comments regarding the lack of space at the Ghana Law School has left many students disappointed and one of such students Hassan Asare says this gives credence to fears that the Ghana Legal Council admits a set number of students.
Feeling disappointed at the situation Mr Asare said: “It only affirms our position that the [Ghana School of Law entrance] exam is a sham because people pass and the only reason for not taking them is because you don’t have space. That is quite sad”.
He was not enthused about the fact that, despite promising to reform legal education in its 2020 manifesto, the Akufo-Addo government had reneged on its promise.
To Mr Asare and colleagues “It is a sad position, but unfortunately, we have to swallow it,”
But he maintained that the problem with legal education in Ghana is not the students but the institution.
Mr Asare then explained that the General Legal Council would be better served to admit candidates based on the number of spaces available instead of a pass mark.
“Don’t put in a mark. Leave it open so that all Ghanaians will know your space is 790. Don’t come and lie to us that you have space for over 2,000 people,” he said.
The 2021 Ghana School of Law Entrance exams came with their usual controversies which saw only 790 out of the 2,824 candidates pass to gain admission into the professional school.
National Association of Law Students and some LLB graduates who were denied entry into the Ghana School of Law despite making the pass mark protested in Accra on Wednesday, October 20, 2021.
They subsequently petitioned Parliament over their grievances.
Ordinarily, admission to the Ghana School of Law for professional legal education requires that successful candidates obtain a minimum rank of 50 per cent during an entrance exam organised by the General Legal Council.
But in 2021, students who made the pass mark but had less than 50 per cent in one of the two sections were denied entrance to the School of Law.
By: Stella Annan | myactiveonline.com Twitter @activetvgh
