Central Province Deputy Governor Desmond Baira has called on those who are continuing to disrupt classes to stop and think carefully about their actions.
This follows the ongoing disruption of classes at Papua New Guinea’s major universities; the University of PNG (UPNG) and the PNG University of Technology (Unitech).
Students have not been attending classes for two months now following the student protest, continuous boycott and recent arson at UPNG and Unitech.
Baira said they hope that the situation will get better before students can be sent back to the Unitech Campus in Lae after Central students were repatriated home this week.
“You are there for learning and you need to achieve what you want by completing the academic year.
“If you continue this then we will have a problem with next year’s enrollment,” Baira said.
He called on the student leaders to work together to restore normalcy on campus. He also appealed to the police to do their best to restore normalcy on campus so that classes can resume.
Meantime, the UPNG Student Representative Council members were restrained by a court order obtained by UPNG administration, stopping them from conducting any further boycott and protests.
Any actions taken by the council members to mobilise students would be seen as actions undertaken to boycott classes and they would be in contempt.