Old Tafo MP, demands clarity on Ghana School of Law entrance exams after legal education biill assent

The Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has called on the government to provide clear information on whether prospective law students will still be required to write entrance examinations to the Ghana School of Law this year following the presidential assent to the Legal Education Reforms Bill 2025.

In a Facebook post, the legislator said although the Minority welcomed the President’s assent to the new Legal Education Act, 2026, many concerns raised by law students and parents had still not been addressed.

According to him, students are mainly seeking answers on whether the entrance examination scheduled for July 31, 2026, by the Independent Examination Council (IEC) will still take place.

Mr. Assafuah said a recent post on X, formerly Twitter, by the Majority Chief Whip, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, confirmed that the President had assented to the bill in the presence of key government officials, including the Attorney General, the Chief of Staff and the Finance Minister.

He said while the development was positive, the Majority Chief Whip failed to address the concerns of current and prospective law students.

The Old Tafo MP accused Mr. Dafeamekpor of creating “false expectations” among students by earlier suggesting that no entrance examinations had been scheduled for this year.

Quoting an earlier statement by the Majority Chief Whip, Mr. Assafuah said he had claimed the Ghana School of Law had not issued any official public advertisement directing students to sit for entrance examinations scheduled for July 31, 2026.

However, Mr. Assafuah argued that the examinations are conducted by the Independent Examination Council and not the Ghana School of Law.

He stated that despite attempts to clarify the issue, the Majority Chief Whip failed to provide a direct answer on whether the examinations would still be held.

The MP therefore called on the government and officials involved in the assent process to hold a press conference or issue an official statement explaining how the new law would be implemented.

He stressed that students and parents urgently needed clarity on whether the entrance examinations would still take place this year.

Mr. Assafuah further urged the government to direct the IEC to extend the examination date if the exams would still be conducted, to allow students enough time to prepare.

According to him, students who wrote the entrance examination last year sat for the papers on September 12, 2025, and a similar timeline could be adopted this year instead of the July 31 schedule.

He demanded what he described as an unqualified public apology from the government over the anxiety and confusion caused to students.

Mr. Assafuah assured law students and parents that he would continue to push for what he described as fairness and transparency in the implementation of the new legal education reforms.

By: Jacob Aggrey