Undergraduate classes at the University of Liberia have been suspended indefinitely following Monday’s clashes between demonstrating students and police in the school.
The students were protesting against the university’s decision to cancel in-person classes for online classes, a move they said would limit the spread of coronavirus.
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But the students said that the e-learning programme had not been formalised and that the platform it was hosted did not work.
The university authorities are yet to comment on the allegation.
Local media have been showing images of blood-soaked students being treated at hospitals after Monday’s confrontation.
The authorities at the university have expressed regret for the injuries and the damage to property.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
