“Over 1000 students at the Faculty of Education and Humanities will be sent home as investigations to establish a permanent solution to such issues is ongoing,” said the University Public Relations Officer Khalid Mohammed in a phone call conversation.
However, he adds, that all examinations for other faculties in the University will go on as planned.
The decision was reached during a management meeting attended by the university’s Vice Chancellor, guild executives, the University Secretary and the District Police commander, among others.
This decision follows a strike in which student’s burnt down the multipurpose main hall used for both lectures and offices. The students, who were due to sit for their semester two examinations on May 16, were protesting a delay in the release of semester one examination results.
Gulu University Vice Chancellor Professor Jack Penmogi condemned the destruction of properties describing the action as backward behavior.
Gulu District Police Commander Martin Okoyo maintained that police will make camp at the campus until calm is restored.
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