The Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has charged the General Legal Council (GLC) to admit the 499 students who obtained the 50% mark yet were denied admission to the Ghana Law School.

Addressing the House, the lawmaker described the actions of the General legal council as repugnant.

He also mentioned that the indifferent posture of the Counsel despite the calls of candidates is "making the study of law unattractive."

"Ghana Law School, General Legal Council must take the views of this Parliament seriously by quickly taking steps to remedy the situation. This is Parliament, the voice of the people.

And the representatives of the people are saying that if you said the past mark is 50 per cent, then all those who made 50 per cent and above – they are about 400 – it is not too late to admit them because they have passed," he said on Friday.

Concerns about the legal education system in the country resurfaced after the 2021 Law School Entrance Exams saw only 790 out of the 2,824 candidates pass to gain admission into the professional school.

The pass mark for the entrance exams has always been 50%, but the rule was changed for this year's exams. After that, candidates had to score at least 50% in both sections.

The change did not sit well with most applicants as most complained that they were not informed before the examination.

Critics have accused the General Legal Council of deliberately restricting people from gaining access to legal education.

Taking the side of the candidates, Mr Afenyo-Markin further described the method adopted as questionable.

"If you say 50 per cent is the pass mark, so be it; Section A and B all together make up the 100 per cent," he stressed.

He further opined that the law appears to be practised only in the Greater Accra Region due to the scarcity of legal practitioners.

Citing an example, he said many individuals are being jailed merely because they have no legal representation.

"If we've increased access to LLB studies and we want to limit access to the professional law school, then what are we doing to ourselves?" he asked.

In view of this, the Effutu legislator called on the Ghana Law School to "rise up" and ensure transparency and certainty is their hallmark.

"Students are frustrated, students are traumatised, and this is not a matter of closing in," he said.