EIGHT UNRULY UNZA STUDENTS BANNED

…attempted to burn office

EIGHT University of Zambia (UNZA) students who allegedly attempted to burn the Vice

Chancellor’s office during a riot on Tuesday night have been suspended.

Vice Chancellor, Luka Mumba, said that the management, using the CCTV, identified eight students who were involved in unruly behaviour.

Professor Mumba said in an interview yesterday that management had only identified the eight students in the meantime.

He said that management wanted to be fair enough to the unruly students, the reason it settled for suspension.

“After investigations, we did identify the eight students and we have taken action against them. We have suspended them and soon than later we shall invite them to appear before the disciplinary committee,” he said.

Prof Mumba said the students could not be left scot free for engaging in such inhuman act.

He said that the students had various means to approach the management regarding the challenges they were facing instead of engaging in inhuman acts.

Prof Mumba said the action taken by the management would deter others from engaging in unruly behaviour.

On Wednesday , some UNZA students rioted in a desperate effort to force management to allow them sit for examinations even when they had not paid tuition fees. UNZA management had blocked some students from sitting for exams for failure to clear the outstanding tuition arrears.

The students run amok and attempted to burn the office of the Vice Chancellor for denying them to sit for the final examinations.