Following the massive failure recorded in the 2017/2018 New Professional Law Course Examinations and the subsequent petition to Parliament by the Professional Law Students on 5th March 2019 seeking review of the results of the examination, Parliament has made a number of recommendations for the consideration of the General Legal Council (GLC).
This follows the adoption by Parliament of the report of the Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs on the petition received by the House from the Professional Law Students seeking review of the results of the 2017/2018 New Professional Law Course Examinations which (the report) was presented to the House by Hon. Ben Abdullah Banda, Chairman of the Committee.
Among the recommendations, Parliament called for a reduction in the current remarking fee charged by the General Legal Council (GLC) from Ghc 3000.00 to Ghc 500.00.
It also urged the GLC to re-open the period for remarking of examination papers to enable students who could not apply for remarking of their papers to do so.
In addition, Parliament called for all marking schemes and examiners reports to be made available to students and lectures of the Ghana School of Law .
Finally, Parliament called on the Independent Examinations Council to consider holding Supplementary Examinations for all referred candidates in the 2018 Professional Law Course Examinations in a timely manner to ensure that successful candidates are enrolled this year to pursue their legal course.
Contributing to the debate for the adoption of the Committee's report, the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu noted that the nation will always need the service of lawyers as the country continuous with it's democratic governance hence the need to address issues affecting law students in the country.
The Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs and MP for Offinso South, Ben Abdullah Banda spoke to Peace FM News on the concerns of the Professional Law Students.
Source: Emmanuel Akorli/ Peace Fm/ Parliamentary Correspondent
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THIS IS A BOLD STEP TAKEN BY PARLIAMENT. THE ARBITRARINESS IN GHANA BY SOME INSTITUTIONS IS JUST TOO BAD FOR SOME CATEGORY OF PERSONS TO PROGRESS IN OUR SYSTEM OR SOCIETY. BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE OFTEN BENEFIT FROM SUCH SKEWED POLICIES THEY THINK SUCH POLICIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO BENEFIT THEM ALONE.
CAN I LIKEN THIS TO PARLIAMENT ORDERING THE EC TO REDUCE FILING FEES. ONLY IN GHANA WILL A PARLIAMENT INTERFERE IN ACADEMIC WORK. WHAT A SHAME. I HOPE THE SPEAKER IS NOT PART OF THIS BECAUSE HE SHOULD KNOW BETTER AS THIS PRACTICE AT THE LAW SCHOOL DID NOT START TODAY. EVEN IN THE UNIVERSITY IT EXISTS SO WHY THIS EXTRAORDINARY POSITION ... OR DO WE HAVE A LOT OF THE FAILED PERSONS IN PARLIAMENT? EVERY ONE SHOULD THE 3,000.00. PARLIAMENT SHOULD KNOW ITS LIMITATIONS.