Protesting law students clash with police, soldiers
Aggrieved students of the Ghana School of Law clashed with police and military personnel on Monday, 7 October 2019 during their protest march in demand for reforms in Ghana’s legal education.
The students were part of hordes of demonstrators who hit the streets of the capital city, Accra, to vent out their spleen against the government over the mass disqualification of some 1,600 law students who sat for the last entrance exam for admission to the Ghana School of Law.
Only 128 out of the 1,820 students who sat for the exam passed – just seven per cent.
This sparked national outrage amidst claims that the mass failure is a deliberate attempt by the General Legal Council to deny people access to legal education and make it a preserve of a few.
During the morning protest, the demonstrators mobbed the vehicle of a Deputy Attorney General, Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame and temporarily blocked him from moving.
They wanted to exact an assurance from him that the government would listen to their concerns and fix the problem immediately.
Source: ClassFMOnline.com
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