“Banning kissing on campus reduces university to a primary school”

The Zimbabwe students’ union on Thursday made
war not love over a new code of conduct banning
students from kissing on campus at the country’s
top university.
In a circular displayed at halls of residence,
authorities at the University of Zimbabwe said
students “caught in any intimate position such as
kissing or having sex in public places” would be
punished.
The university also barred resident students from
bringing members of the opposite sex to their
hostels and “loitering in dark places outside the
sports pavilion or lecture venues.”
Student leader Gilbert Mutubuki said students would
resist the rules introduced two weeks ago.
“We are against these rules which we view as
archaic, repressive and evil,” Mutubuki, president
of the Zimbabwe National Students Union
(ZINASSU) told AFP.
“We are urging students to resist the rules. These
rules reduce the university to a primary school. The
authorities need to be reminded that this is an
institute for adults who are mature.”
He said the rules, which also bar students from
accommodating non-resident colleagues, were
meant to curtail students’ right to associate.
“We believe these are security measures meant to
limit students from associating.”
Until Zimbabwe introduced tough security laws,
university students often staged anti-government
protests sometimes joining forces with trade unions
and rights groups.

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Posted by Maduka Tony