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The Ogongo Campus is rotting

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Tuesday, 17. June 2008 at 10:42

The Ogongo Campus is rotting

I am a concerned parent who is having a son at Ogongo Agricultural College which is situated in the North. The college falls under the University of Namibia (UNAM). It seems that the campus does not have proper disciplinary procedure and now staff members have started confiscating student’s properties and money. First of all I can’t understand why my son together with other three boys students apparently are being burned from the sport facilities, and told to stay more than 200 meters away from the facilities, while a certain academy that belongs to one staff members of the campus is using the facilities. And the academy is using local people who are not part and puzzle of the campus student.
Secondly last year 2007 there was an internal soccer league that was played and never reached the end. Student contributed money in which I (the parent) gave my son N$100 and he paid. But the league failed, but up to now the money is still not paid back of all those who contributed and the person who is having that money is a staff member who burned my boy from the sports facilities and the owner of the soccer academy. Where is the Money SIR?
Thirdly, in one of the meeting (held somewhere in May) that was held at the campus involving those boys and Unam representative, they suspected one of the boys recording in the meeting using an mp3 player, they took the mp3 from him, saying they are just going to inspect whether there is some records. Up to now the fancy mp3 is not returned to the respective owner. And every time the boy goes to ask for it, he is told that “he is trespassing” and lately he was told he will never receive the electronic device (mp3). I understand that not only does the mp3 cost a whooping N$300, but there is academic documents in which the student has to relate to in order to study and pass his exam. The campus as I am writing now is in the middle of the exam for God’s sake.
The boy even contacted SRC’s and the Dean of Student (overall head) at that campus to no avail. Lastly there is this annual TISAN games and now the whole campus are told they won’t attend. If I may ask “who pays for TISAN trips and food. And UNAM pays N$160 for each students in connection with sport, will these students be given that N$160 since they won’t participate in any sport.
Staff members involved in these cases are misusing their power, and if they are frustrated they must act diplomatic and leave the students alone who are already under academic pressure.

When I was a student before independence one of my teacher she said “In order to shame (LAW) its inadequacy, it’s necessary to act outside the LAW, to pursue natural justice.” And in certain extreme situations the law is inadequate.” Must we really come to this?
But I think the University law and the Country Constitutions adequate.

Desperate parent