They gathered about half an hour before the first tests outside exam halls, singing and chanting “no exams until the president resigns”. Skipping tests might sound like the laziest and most self-indulgent of protests, a caricature of student activism, but missing exams puts degrees at risk. But all the students gathered at the protest said the chance of changing the government was more important than their academic prospects. “Why should I work hard for a degree?”Much of the anger was directed at Mugabe, who is chancellor of the university as well as the leader of Zimbabwe. But students were also frustrated about a doctorate handed to his wife, Grace Mugabe, in 2014.

Source: Nigerian Tribune November 20, 2017 17:26 UTC