{"id":467305,"date":"2018-02-24T19:11:08","date_gmt":"2018-02-24T19:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/24\/mass-law-school-exam-failure-afenyo-markin-condemns-src-media-over-ieb-attacks\/"},"modified":"2018-02-24T19:11:08","modified_gmt":"2018-02-24T19:11:08","slug":"mass-law-school-exam-failure-afenyo-markin-condemns-src-media-over-ieb-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/24\/mass-law-school-exam-failure-afenyo-markin-condemns-src-media-over-ieb-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass Law School exam failure: Afenyo-Markin condemns SRC, media over IEB attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Saturday, 24 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-24<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/63464466.295.jpg\" alt=\"Afenyo Markins33\" title=\"Afenyo Markins33\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin<\/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=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519499468_380_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Legislator, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin has condemned attacks on the Independent Exams Body (IEB) of the General Legal Council (GLC) by the Student Representative Council and the media, following the failure of over 80% of the candidates.<\/p>\n<p>The Member of Parliament for Effutu constituency of the Central Region believes, it is the duty of the individual students to petition the exams board and not the SRC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026I don\u2019t know who advised the SRC to do that because it is wrong,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026when you write an exam, and the result does not go in your favour, you petition, it is not another body that will exercise that right for you,\u201d Mr. Afenyo-Markin added.<\/p>\n<p>His comments come after the leadership of the SRC of the Ghana School of Law (GSL) submitted a petition to the General Legal Council and copied Parliament, demanding a remark of the papers by a different body. The SRC further demanded that the IEB should be scrapped.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the law students who spoke to Joy News\u2019 Maxwell Agbagba Wednesday expressed worry especially because, the membership of the IEB according to them, is anonymous; a situation they believe compromises its integrity.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued Friday night, the SRC President, Sammy Gyamfi said the Council is acting on the concerns of students.<\/p>\n<p>The statement read in part: \u201cThe GLC has agreed that the concerns raised in our petition are weighty\u2026the petition has therefore been referred to a committee to give us a hearing to substantiate our claims and justify the reliefs\u201d, Mr. Gyamfi said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>He subsequently called on the aggrieved students to \u201ccontact the SRC as soon as possible\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/kg0qLcmC-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DQF29Fxlsls\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96566925.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">For more news, go to <b>myjoyonline.com<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Comments:<\/strong><br \/>This article has no comments yet, be the first to comment\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 63 updated by: 63 --><\/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 Saturday, 24 February 2018 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2018-02-24 play videoAlexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin Legislator, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin has condemned attacks on the Independent Exams Body (IEB) of the General Legal Council (GLC) by the Student Representative Council and the media, following the failure of over 80% of the candidates. 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