Ghana School of Law forces SRC president to resign
The SRC President of the Ghana School of Law, Philemon Laar, has had to resign from his position for failing his exams.
This comes after the management of the school withdrew its recognition of Philemon Laar for failing PLC Part 1 exams.
A letter communicating his resignation, signed by the registrar, Juliet Adu-Adjei, said the resignation takes immediate effect.
”This decision has been based on the fact that Mr. Philemon Laar was not successful at the recently held PLC part 1 exam, and has to repeat,” it read.
Mr. Laar, in a sharp response, contends there are unjust reasons for his removal.
“The decision to resign was occasioned by the apparent deadlock between the SRC and Management of the Ghana School of Law on whether or not an administrative fiat should be the basis to withdraw recognition for me as a democratically elected executive of the SRC”.
“I was unsuccessful in the October 2020 PLC examinations. Like several other students displeased about their results, and convinced that the examination results did not reflect their industry and performance, I applied to have my scripts remarked. Results of the said remarking are yet to be released”.
Meanwhile, US-based Ghanaian lawyer, Prof. Kwaku Asare has expressed disquiet about the GLC’s delay in the remarking of scripts in October/November 2020 examination after collecting ₵1,500 per paper.
He described the General Legal Council(GLC) as a failed monopolist.
“The time to break up this non-performing, moribund monopolist is now!” Prof. Kwaku Asare popularly known as Kwaku Azar said in a recent Facebook post.
Read the full post below :
“You claim students have failed some papers in an examination conducted in October/November 2020.
You charge them ₵1,500 per paper to regrade their scripts. Under your own rules, you promise to do this within 5 weeks. This will let students know where they stand and let them plan for the next exam in March 2021.
Here we are in March 2021. Several months after collecting ₵1,500 per paper, the regrading has not been done. The March exam season is in progress. And the poor students are just supposed to accept it because they are Ghanaians.
If they go to court and get a judgment, as in Prince Ganaku et al., you won’t comply.
If Parliament directs you to charge reasonable fees you won’t follow.
We all know you are a failed monopolist but nobody seems to be able to say it loudly.
The time to break up this non-performing, moribund monopolist is now!
#SALL is the cardinal sin of the 8th Parliament. Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of justice.
Da Yie!