Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) went on rampage as they protested the directive that students owing school fees be barred from writing exams. The students protested after the first examination was concluded around 4pm. Read the full details below:
TASUED Students Protest as Mgt. Stops Debtors from Writing Exams
STUDENTS of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, allegedly went on rampage and they were alleged to have destroyed some property of the school and attacked security operatives attached to the institution.
It was gathered that the protest, which commenced Tuesday was caused by the school management’s decision not to allow students yet to pay their school fees to sit for the ongoing 2013/2014 first semester examination.
The aggrieved students, numbering about 200, commenced their protest at 4.30 p.m., immediately after writing their day’s examinations.
The state Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr. Olusegun Odubela, confirmed the incident, saying: “We are doing everything humanly possible to resolve the issue. We are working on it, we just heard about it. The management is on top of the situation”.