Students at the National Polytechnic Institute of Papua New Guinea started boycotting of classes this morning.
The Government-run institution is located in Lae, Morobe Province.
This is the second higher learning institution in Papua New Guinea's second largest city to boycott classes, demanding Prime Minister Peter O’Neill to step aside.
Located a few kilometres out on the fringes of Lae is the University of Technology.
Students have not attended lectures for a couple of weeks now, for the same cause.
The National Polytechnic Institute student representative council president Laza Kunda said majority of students have agreed to boycott classes.
In a phone interview with Loop PNG, Kunda said this followed the SRC call last week for the school's administration to meet with its governing council to approve a secret ballot vote but this did not happen.
"This is because SRC does not have constitution in place to call for a referendum.
"We (SRC) met with administration again this morning and demanded them to meet the Polytechnic governing council before Friday.
"Classes are suspended starting today until Friday when we see the outcome of our demand," Kunda told Loop PNG.
Meanwhile, students at Unitech, University of Goroka, University of Natural Resource and Environment are also boycotting classes.
At the University of Papua New Guinea after four weeks of boycotting classes, the UPNG governing council announced the suspension of first semester yesterday for an indefinite period.
The students are calling on the prime minister to step down because of the country's poor economic condition and also because of the numerous allegations levelled against him.
Photo source: Kennedy Fisause
