Africa-Press – Malawi. The Management of Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) on Thursday March 24, 2022 suspended five students over allegations that they led “school fees balance” illegal protests on February 16, 2022 that caused the indefinite closure of the institution.
According to the statement released by the University’s registrar Martha Sambani, the five have been told to be at home for a period of two years as punishment for their indiscipline actions.
The University’s spokesperson James Mphande has also confirmed the suspension of the five. The suspended students including Innocent Misinde, Sipho Chipeta, Symon Amos, Clement Yusuf and Precious Nkosi.
Further, the institution has also suspended other two students to stay at home for a one year period whereas the School President and other eleven students have been warned to be suspended if the similar indiscipline malpractice will happen at the institution.
The management has since forgiven six students who it found that they were not fully involved in the illegal protests. In his reaction, one the eleven students who have been suspended for one year Capital Mangochi told the journalists that he has written a letter to the University’s Vice-Chancellor to forgive him saying he did not take part in the protests.
Meanwhile, the suspended students have threatened to take the matter to court for fair judgement. Over the past few weeks, the management announced the reopening of the institution on March 29,2022 on conditions including strict observance of ” No fees, No registration” policy where only eligible students who would have cleared their fees balances and formalized their registration by this time will be allowed to sit for examinations.
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