{"id":465975,"date":"2018-02-20T16:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T16:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/20\/mass-failure-as-81-percent-of-law-students-fail-to-make-it-to-the-bar\/"},"modified":"2018-02-20T16:00:27","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T16:00:27","slug":"mass-failure-as-81-percent-of-law-students-fail-to-make-it-to-the-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/20\/mass-failure-as-81-percent-of-law-students-fail-to-make-it-to-the-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass failure as 81 percent of law students fail to make it to the Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday, 20 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-20<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/24980854.295.jpg\" alt=\"SUPREME COURT 1\" title=\"SUPREME COURT 1\" width=\"295\" height=\"201\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Only 91 students were deemed to have passed out of 474 students who took the exam<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519142427_380_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">A total of 206 law students are to repeat the entire course after failing the final Bar exams at the Ghana School of Law.<\/p>\n<p>Another 177 students have been referred in one or two papers, Myjoyonline.com has learnt.<\/p>\n<p>Out of 474 students who sat for the 2017-2018 final exams, only 91 students were deemed to have passed and will be called to the Bar.<\/p>\n<p>The mass failure by the students comes at a time Parliament is seeking to legalize the entrance exams and interview processes instituted as part of the admission procedures into the Ghana School of Law.<\/p>\n<p>The General Legal Council, the body that oversees legal education and profession in Ghana has mounted a vehement defence for the maintenance of entrance exams.<\/p>\n<p>It argues the exams and interviews are to ensure higher standards in legal education.<\/p>\n<p>But Chief crusader against the entrance exams Prof Kwaku Asare insists the entrance exams and interviews at the Ghana School of Law are illegal.<\/p>\n<p>At the moment, there is an LI in Parliament currently going through a mandatory 21-day period before it will mature into law.<\/p>\n<p>If members of the House are unable to raise two-thirds majority to kick against the LI it will automatically mature into law. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, critics of the entrance exams say the mass failure at the Bar exams is just one example of why the status quo must be abolished.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The madness of the unruly GLC continues unabated as only 91 out of 474 LLB graduates are deemed qualified to be called to the Bar.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One more proof that the entrance examinations and interviews are not just illegal and unethical but they are also entirely non-diagnostic. That is, the argument that they are designed to select quality graduates must fail on this performance report.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Further, this is proof that the Bar exam is a poor assessment tool or that the Ghana School of Law is incapable of training LLB graduates or both.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Think about it \u2014\u2014 only 91 out of the 1,200 law graduates in this cohort are being called to the Bar!!!!&#8221; Prof Asare said on his facebook wall.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 48 updated by: 35 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Tuesday, 20 February 2018 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2018-02-20 Only 91 students were deemed to have passed out of 474 students who took the exam A total of 206 law students are to repeat the entire course after failing the final Bar exams at the Ghana School of Law. 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