The Subsidiary Legislation Committee of Parliament has approved the controversial LI seeking to legalize entrance exams for the Ghana law school.
The LI was presented before the Committee by the General Legal Council after the Supreme Court has last year ruled that the entrance exams and subsequent interviews were illegal.
Chairman of the committee Mahama Ayariga told the media, the entrance examination is needed in the immediate term to regulate admissions at the Ghana Law School.
“There is a cabinet bill which will be brought to parliament amending the parent legislation which is act 32. That then provides us the platform to discuss the broader reforms of legal education in the country. This LI as you have known by now is responding to the decision of the Supreme Court that they must have an amendment approved by Parliament of the LI 12 (96) which permits them to conduct examinations as an entry requirement into Law School."
According to him based on the decision of the Supreme Court, members of the committee were satisfied that in the immediate term there is a need to have the approval to conduct examinations.
“If you recalled the committee rejected the use of interview, but the committee thinks that the parent Act, Act 32 makes provision for preliminary, intermediate and final examinations. So the power to conduct examination is the parent act, act 32.â€
The decision comes a day after the committee met with the Attorney General over the petition from law students demanding the withdrawal of the bill.
LI to legalize entrance exam for law school will not be passed
Member of Parliament's Subsidiary Legislation Committee, Shaibu Mahama has hinted that some MPs are gathering signatures to strike out the new LI which seeks to legalize both entrance examination and subsequent interviews organized for the Ghana Law School by the General Legal Council.
Shaibu Mahama said the Parliament's Subsidiary Legislation Committee have listened to both the law students and the General Legal Council and it's likely they will not pass the new LI.
Shaibu Mahama in a radio interview said he was very confident the attempt to get two-third signatures to strike out the LI will surely materialize as he stated that he will also vote against the LI because that is what his constituents want.
Law students attack 'illegal' Examination BoardÂ
The Students Representative Council of the Ghana Law School has demanded the outright scrapping of the Independent Examination Board, describing the body as illegal, amorphous and ineffective, over the marking of the 2017/2018 final bar exams which led to the failure of about 81% of students.
During a press conference held by the council, Wednesday, to register their displeasure at the results, the law students accused the Independent Examination body of being solely responsible for the alleged failure of about 465 students out of a total of 560 who wrote the exams.
The SRC president of the Ghana School of law, Sammy Gyamfi who spoke on behalf of the students stated that the Independent Examination body has failed to address the very problem for which it was established.
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