NUST lecturers on strike, students are affected.

When it comes to the issues of strike, history will always repeat its self. Time and again lecturers will always go on strike if their salaries are not paid but what of the effects of these strikes on students? Truth be told, when lecturers go on strike, the victims are not the administrators of the university but the students. I have no problem with the lecturers going on strike because it is their right to get paid for their services but what of the the university students who have paid their fees so as to learn? Should they also demonstrate around campus for them to learn? In the end of the semester, the same students who are being neglected by the lecturers are the ones who sit for exams. No exam considers strikes that took place during the semester, neither does it consider the lectures lost by students due to these strikes. One way or the other all students will write the exams and those exams determine degree classes students get.

Like any other year, nust lectures are currently on strike. They are not teaching parallel and masters students as they have not received their payments for these classes. Some parallel students actual thought of taking action against this and forcefully attended lectures with the convectional classes. For how long are university students going to be treated like this? The blame does not go to the lecturers but the responsible authorities who are supposed to ensure that lecturers get their payment. It is so unfair to students because the university is very strict when it comes to the issues of paying fees. University students struggle to make ends meet, actually most parallel students work so as to raise money for fees only to come to campus and be told that  there are not lectures.

The authorities responsible should take serious action on this issue because for years and years, issues of strike in universities have been on going. I know the administrators are not affected by this issue but it a great concern to the students. Students pay fees, in the same way they are always willing to make students defer for not paying fees, they should also be as much willing to pay the lecturer for those students who pay to learn.