Professors of six state universities have announced that they would go on strike Saturday to demand the resignation of their presidents. They said colleagues of other state universities would go on partial strike to express solidarity.
The new academic year begins on Saturday, and universities are preparing to accommodate two million students.
“We want our administrations to take after Cairo University’s experience, where the president and deans were removed and others elected in their place,” said Adel Abdel Gawad, founding member of the “University Professors for Reform” movement.
“We’ll also stage vigils on campus,” said Mohamed al-Dabaa, spokesman of the Student Union of Egyptian Universities.
The professors also demand the minister of higher education to resign for ignoring their demands, and call for increases to education and scientific research allocations in the state budget.
Translated from the Arabic Edition
