EDITORIAL: The recent murder of a College Principal allegedly by two rusticated students has understandably caused concern...

.Severalassociations ofteachershave urged upon the Government the necessity of ensuring the safety of their members against criminal attacks on them for attempting to enforce academic discipline. ...[T]here has been a noticeable increase in the incidence of violent deeds by students sometimes perpetrated against their own colleagues. ...

...[W]hat should be a matter of serious concern ... is the fact that student indiscipline may already have become a part of the cult of violence now being resorted to in the country`s political life. The free importation of political extremism and divisiveness into the educational institutions is certainly going to make a contribution of its own to the aggravation of the problem of student indiscipline. ... No attempt to impose a total ban on student participation in politics has ever succeeded... . ... Students must refuse to lend themselves to exploitation ... . ... More specifically, the time has come for the political parties to avoid all attempts to infiltrate the educational institutions... .