Parliament on Friday October 29, 2021, passed a resolution directing the General Legal Council to compel the Ghana Law School to admit the 499 students who took the 2021 entrance exams and passed using the advertised marking scheme.
This is in response to a motion introduced by deputy minority whip Ahmed Ibrahim, refined by first deputy speaker and presiding officer Joseph Osei-Owusu, and repeated by Effutu MP and deputy majority leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin.
499 students who were denied entrance into the Ghana Law School are in court challenging the decision arguing the marking scheme as advertised was changed after the exams.
After putting the question for adoption of the resolution, first deputy speaker Joseph Osei-Owusu ordered the Attorney General Godfred Dame to ensure the resolution is carried through by the Ghana Law School.
Petition
The National Association of Law Students (NALS) on October 21, 2021 petitioned parliament on behalf of the aggrieved 499 law students who did not gain admission into the Ghana Law School despite scoring more than the usual 50% pass mark in the 2021 Ghana School of Law entrance exam.
The petition, among other things, pleaded with Parliament to intervene and ask the General Legal Council and the Management of the law school to immediately reverse their decision and admit the students.
Leaders of the Association who were dissatisfied with the last minute changes in the overall scoring marks for admission after the students have already finished writing their exams, pleaded with the leadership of Parliament to act fast to prevent any further actions from the aggrieved students.
The pass mark for the entrance exams has always been a total of 50% in both sections. However, for this year’s exams, the rule has been changed and candidates have to score at least 50% in each of the sections.
The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu who received the petition on belaf of the Speaker noted that the petition would be discussed and Leadership will take the appropriate steps to address the concerns of the students.
