<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>General Legal Council (GLC) Archives - Sweet Melodies FM</title> <atom:link href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/tag/general-legal-council-glc/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/tag/general-legal-council-glc/</link> <description>Keeping You Sanctified Morning, Noon and Night!</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2021 13:31:46 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1</generator> <image> <url>https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-Sweet-Melodies-FM_text_favicon-32x32.png</url> <title>General Legal Council (GLC) Archives - Sweet Melodies FM</title> <link>https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/tag/general-legal-council-glc/</link> <width>32</width> <height>32</height> </image> <item> <title>You failed, it will be unjust for us to be compelled to admit you – GLC to 499 students</title> <link>https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/you-failed-it-will-be-unjust-for-us-to-be-compelled-to-admit-you-glc-to-499-students/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Editor]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2021 13:31:46 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Education]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General Legal Council (GLC)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ghana School of Law]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/?p=71020</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The General Legal Council (GLC) says it will be unjust, unlawful and unfair for the High Court to order it to admit students who failed the 2021 entrance examinations. Some 143 out of 499 students who were not admitted by the Ghana School of Law have sued the Council and the Attorney General at the […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/you-failed-it-will-be-unjust-for-us-to-be-compelled-to-admit-you-glc-to-499-students/">You failed, it will be unjust for us to be compelled to admit you – GLC to 499 students</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com">Sweet Melodies FM</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The General Legal Council (GLC) says it will be unjust, unlawful and unfair for the High Court to order it to admit students who failed the 2021 entrance examinations.</strong></p> <div id="standard_2" class="st-placement standard_2 inArticle"> <div class="st-adunit st-reset st-show">Some 143 out of 499 students who were not admitted by the Ghana School of Law have sued the Council and the Attorney General at the High Court.</div> </div> <p>The students contend that they met the “well-known pass mark of at least 50% score in the entrance examination”.</p> <p>The 499 students were part of more than a thousand who were not admitted as the GLC claimed they failed to meet the threshold of at least 50% of the marks available in each section of the two-part exam.</p> <p>The students contend that this is unfair, since comments have been made by key individuals in the past, communicating an overall minimum of 50% as the pass mark.</p> <div id="in-article" data-google-query-id="CKCQmN6pgfQCFQM90wodfeMOHg"> <div id="google_ads_iframe_/1002554/Myjoyonline/mjo-article-left_rectangle_mid1_0__container__">“That in May 2021, prior to the 2021 entrance exams, the acting director of the Ghana of School of Law, Maxwell Opoku Agyemang also articulated the 50% marks pass mark policy, at an SRC week celebration of the KNUST, That policy statement is contained in exhibit A as the second video.”</div> </div> <p>Parliament on October 29 sought to intervene when it directed through a resolution that the students be admitted.</p> <p>The Attorney General Godfred Yeboah Dame in a letter to Parliament argued the legislative body cannot control admissions into the only professional law training school.</p> <p>The High Court seized with the matter on October 29, adjourned proceedings to November 9. JoyNews has secured a copy of documents filed in court on behalf of the GLC.</p> <p>The GLC says it has at no point advertised an overall 50% score as the pass mark for this years admission.</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/journalist-one-other-remanded-for-2-weeks-over-mpohor-fake-kidnapping-incident/">Journalist, one other remanded for 2-weeks over Mpohor ‘fake’ kidnapping incident</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/president-commissions-pokuase-substation/">President commissions Pokuase substation</a></li> </ul> <p>“…that the 1st respondent has not espoused any policy in exhibit D series which set the “minimum threshold as 50 marks.</p> <p>That only candidates or applicants who obtained the minimum threshold mark of 50% each in the two sections for A&B (Part A & Part B) of the exam were eligible to be considered for admission by the 1st respondent for the 2021/2022 academic year to pursue the PLC”</p> <p>The Council says it will be inconvenient if the court compels it to admit students who failed to pass the entrance examination.</p> <p>“…that it will be unlawful, unjust, inconvenient, unfair and inequitable for this Honorable Court to compel the first respondent to offer admission to the Applicants into the Ghana School of Law for the 2021/22 academic year when they failed to pass the 2022 entrance examination”.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/you-failed-it-will-be-unjust-for-us-to-be-compelled-to-admit-you-glc-to-499-students/">You failed, it will be unjust for us to be compelled to admit you – GLC to 499 students</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com">Sweet Melodies FM</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>You don’t have powers to order GLC to admit 499 law students – AG to Parliament</title> <link>https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/you-dont-have-powers-to-order-glc-to-admit-499-law-students-ag-to-parliament/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Editor]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2021 15:59:43 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[499 students]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General Legal Council (GLC)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ghana School of Law]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Minister of Justice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Office of the Attorney General]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/?p=70669</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The Office of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice says the directive from Parliament ordering the General Legal Council (GLC) to admit the 499 students to the Ghana School of Law is unlawful. According to the Office, Parliament cannot direct the GLC on processes for admission into the law school just by a resolution. […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/you-dont-have-powers-to-order-glc-to-admit-499-law-students-ag-to-parliament/">You don’t have powers to order GLC to admit 499 law students – AG to Parliament</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com">Sweet Melodies FM</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Office of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice says the directive from Parliament ordering the General Legal Council (GLC) to admit the 499 students to the Ghana School of Law is unlawful.</strong></p> <p>According to the Office, Parliament cannot direct the GLC on processes for admission into the law school just by a resolution.</p> <p>“Whilst recognizing the general legislative powers of Parliament in Ghana, except as has been circumscribed by the Constitution, I am constrained to advise that Parliament is devoid of power through the use of Parliamentary resolutions, to control the process of admission into the Ghana School of Law”, a statement from the AG’s office mentioned.</p> <p>It added that, in my respectful opinion, this provision underscores the capacity of the Executive, not the Legislature, through the Minister responsible for the General Legal Council, i.e. the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, to direct and advise the Council on major matters of national importance.”</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/reckless-mercedes-benz-driver-fined-ghs-1800/">‘Reckless’ Mercedes-Benz driver fined GHS 1,800</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/caf-increases-the-number-of-players-for-the-2021-afcon/">CAF increases the number of players for the 2021 AFCON</a></li> </ul> <p>Parliament had directed the General Legal Council to admit the students who, despite making the 50 percent pass mark, were denied admission.</p> <p>The directive was given after Parliament debated and passed a resolution directed at the Minister of Justice and Attorney General and the General Legal Council to the effect that the students should be admitted.</p> <p>But the Minister of Justice is of the view that the issue at hand requires Executive and not parliamentary intervention in accordance with section 1(5) of Act 32 which stipulates that, “the Council shall in the performance of their functions comply with any general directions given by the Minister”.</p> <p>“In my respectful opinion, this provision underscores the capacity of the Executive, not the Legislature, through the Minister responsible for the General Legal Council, i.e. the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, to direct and advise the Council on major matters of national importance”, the statement further explained.</p> <p>The 499 LLB graduates were denied entry because they failed to obtain at least 50 percent in both sections of the entrance exam, despite making the pass mark.</p> <p>These students were only informed of this particular directive after the exam.</p> <p>Ordinarily, admission to the Ghana School of Law for professional legal education requires that successful candidates obtain a minimum rank of 50 percent during an entrance exam organised by the General Legal Council.</p> <p>The students had petitioned Parliament and staged protests over their denial.</p> <p>But following the resolution by parliament, many have questioned if the intervention does not amount to interference.</p> <p>Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin rebuffed suggestions that the house is meddling in the work of the judiciary.</p> <p>He insisted Parliament as a body with oversight responsibility cannot sit aloof and watch for the students to be treated unfairly.</p> <p>Mr. Alexander Afenyo-Markin maintained that they will do everything possible to ensure that the students are admitted.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/you-dont-have-powers-to-order-glc-to-admit-499-law-students-ag-to-parliament/">You don’t have powers to order GLC to admit 499 law students – AG to Parliament</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com">Sweet Melodies FM</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Suit by 143 LLB graduates against GLC, AG over entrance exam failures to be heard today</title> <link>https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/suit-by-143-llb-graduates-against-glc-ag-over-entrance-exam-failures-to-be-heard-today/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Editor]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2021 11:02:07 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Features]]></category> <category><![CDATA[143 LLB graduates]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Attorney General (AG)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General Legal Council (GLC)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[High Court in Accra]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/?p=70597</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The suit filed by the aggrieved 143 LLB graduates who are part of 499 law students who claim to have passed the law school entrance exam but were failed, would be heard by the High Court in Accra today, Friday, October 29, 2021. In the said suit, the General Legal Council (GLC) and the Attorney […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/suit-by-143-llb-graduates-against-glc-ag-over-entrance-exam-failures-to-be-heard-today/">Suit by 143 LLB graduates against GLC, AG over entrance exam failures to be heard today</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com">Sweet Melodies FM</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The suit filed by the aggrieved 143 LLB graduates who are part of 499 law students who claim to have passed the law school entrance exam but were failed, would be heard by the High Court in Accra today, Friday, October 29, 2021.</strong></p> <p>In the said suit, the General Legal Council (GLC) and the Attorney General (AG) have been served as the 1st and 2nd respondents respectively.</p> <p>The plaintiffs are demanding the enforcement of their fundamental human rights after they were said to have failed the school of law entrance exam, although they believe that they passed.</p> <p>In the writ sighted by citinewsroom.com, the plaintiffs are praying the court to compel the respondents to offer them admission into the Ghana School of Law for the 2021/2022 academic year.</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/oko-vanderpuije-backs-restrictions-on-aboboyaa/">Oko Vanderpuije supports restrictions on ‘aboboyaa’</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/headteachers-applaud-school-feeding-wfp-over-digitized-monitoring-system/">Headteachers Applaud School Feeding, WFP Over Digitized Monitoring System</a></li> </ul> <p>Also, they are demanding that the court “further retrains the respondents from treating the applicants as students who failed the said examinations pending the final determination of this matter on grounds set forth, and such further orders the court may deem fit.”</p> <p>The petitioners want the court to fast-track the case because the 1st Respondent is about to start the 2021/2022 academic year with their colleague candidates they sat the Ghana School of Law Entrance Exams with.</p> <p>Some 499 candidates who were part of those who failed the exams insisted that they would have gained access to the Ghana School of Law if not for the new policy introduced by the GLC.</p> <p>The students are unhappy with the said policy and have already protested to put pressure on the appropriate authorities to reform the legal education system.</p> <p>There have been calls for the General Legal Council to provide raw scores of candidates who took part in the Ghana School of Law entrance exams for 2020 and 2021.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com/suit-by-143-llb-graduates-against-glc-ag-over-entrance-exam-failures-to-be-heard-today/">Suit by 143 LLB graduates against GLC, AG over entrance exam failures to be heard today</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.sweetmelodiesfm.com">Sweet Melodies FM</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss> <!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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