Partner at Adom Legal Consult and author, Daniel Korang, has described the Ghana School of Law’s entrance examination as an exclusionary measure rather than a test of ability.

Speaking in an interview on JoyNews’ The Law on Sunday, Mr. Korang explained that the exam was introduced not out of convenience, but necessity.

“The introduction of the entrance exams to the Ghana School of Law was not done out of convenience. It was done out of great inconvenience to ensure that we would have a system to exclude people and include others,” he said.

He added that the examination is not designed to identify the best candidates. “It was not a measure of trying to distinguish the best from the worst, no! It was a measure to ensure that the limited space was maintained so no one would be blamed for the mess. So we don’t have to say that anybody who fails the entrance exam is a bad student,” he stressed.

Mr. Korang noted that the exam was introduced at a time when applications to the Ghana School of Law began exceeding its logistical capacity. The institution, he said, needed a mechanism to manage the overflow without appearing to reject students arbitrarily.

His comments come in the wake of debates over a recent bill aimed at reforming legal education in Ghana, with some stakeholders questioning whether the entrance exam system fairly balances access with standards.