A group of students disrupted classes today at the University of Juba in protest for a lecturer teaching in English.
Students’ Union president Ajang Ajang Lino told CRN that some ten students attending the second year in the College of Economic and Social Studies tried to force a lecturer of political science out of the class because he did not teach in Arabic.The lecturer refused and the rioting students tried to pull him out by force but the rest of the class protected him.
Mr. Ajang said the students started fighting among themselves and broke some chairs and glasses in the classroom.
The contested lecturer was taken out of the classroom for his own security.
Students’ Union Academic Secretary, Kuc Mayur Kuc, said the lecturers were contracted to teach either in English or Arabic and only few master both languages.
He added that was up to the administration to contract lecturers for both streams.
Mr Mayur condemned the ten students who took law in to their hand for causing violence to the lecturer who was not the main source of the problem.
The Transitional Constitution of South Sudan says English is the official language at all levels of instruction in the country.