University of The Gambia students on Friday staged a protest over tuition fees and grades.

The students say they will continue to boycott lectures if their demands are not met. 

They include reduction of tuition fee, buses for transportation, resolution of missing grades and immediate expulsion of all underperforming lecturers.

The protesting studenst held placards and chanted  slogans: “enough is enough”.

The students’ leader Ousman Jassey said “We are pushed to the wall. We were left with no option but to act as paddlers of our own canoe.

“We remain very firm and solid on their immediate implementation without any further negotiation.”

“And unless and until these demands are met, we reiterate that we will boycott all lectures,” he added.

The studenst protest comes amid a protracted dispute between the university staff and the administration.

Reporting by Adama Makasuba