Executive Chairman of the school, Nana Dwomoh Sarpong, announced this at its 5th congregation and 9th matriculation ceremonies in Accra.

He indicated that, management of Radford has sought approval from the Board of Trustees and work is progressing steadily for the Law programme in collaboration with its mentor institution, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).

Nana Dwomoh Sarpong indicated that, they are committed to introduce curricula that will reflect present-day knowledge needed to transform the country and Africa at large.

He said Radford has introduced ‘Catch them Youth’ initiative as part of the school’s strategy to catch students young and develop their entrepreneurial abilities.

The Radford Executive Chairman noted that, the College has decided to set aside some seed money for students with bankable projects to ensure they bring their dreams to life.

“As a university college, we would invite banks to identify and support students and help them shape their concepts into full blown business plans” Nana Sarpong stated.

He added that, investors will also be invited to see the project work of students and finance them to cut down the growing unemployment rate in the country.

This plan, Nana Dwomoh Sarpong said is to reinforce their commitment to train entrepreneurs to help boost Ghana’s economy.

Meanwhile, a total of 183 students from seven departments graduated. 19 representing 10 percent first class, 96 representing 52% got second class upper, 64 representing 35%, and 4 representing 2% got second class lower and pass respectively.

President of Radford, Dr. Paul Effah, charged the graduates to be good ambassadors and put whatever they have learnt into practice.

“Radford has prepared you to be entrepreneurs for society and the world of work. Go there and create jobs for yourselves and others to demonstrate that you are a different breed of students equipped to help in the socio-economic transformation of the country” he stated.

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Prior to the examination, the students had petitioned the Council over a ruling by the Supreme Court which declared the examination and interview requirements as illegal, but the Council rejected their petition.

[contextly_sidebar id=”bkbTg1VbbtbN6RaWU7L2kpYxpqbKDymN”]Speaking to Citi News, the spokesperson of the group, Ken Donkoh, said they will within the next few days seek legal interpretation of the earlier ruling on the matter.

“We will be going to court to seek interpretation of the orders that were given by the Supreme Court. Among them is the consequential orders that were given, and the consequential orders to us was very clear. It was not directing the General Legal Council to engage in any act such as conducting of examination and interview which will form the basis of disqualifying any student,” he said.

He argued that, “it was wrong for us to be directed to take part in a conduct that the Supreme Court of Ghana has declared as unlawful, illegal and unconstitutional.”

Background

797 students failed the entrance exam, which was contentious, to begin with.

Prior to the examination, the students had petitioned the Council over a ruling by the Supreme Court which declared the examination and interview requirements as illegal, but the Council rejected their petition.

The Supreme Court in June declared as unconstitutional the entrance exams and interview session, before admitting new students into the Ghana Law School.

According to the court, in a case brought before it by Professor Kwaku Asare, a United States-based Ghanaian lawyer in 2015, the requirements were in violation of the Legislative Instrument 1296 which gives direction for the mode of admission.

The affected group under the umbrella name, Concerned Law Students, reiterated the Apex Court’s judgment saying “it will be a travesty of justice to still require qualified applicants to pass an entrance examination and subsequent interview in order to be admitted into the Ghana School of Law.”

The group, in a statement, has now challenged the General Legal Council to release the raw scores of every candidate as they say it is unthinkable for 797 candidates to fail.

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By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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