Analysis of students' opinions on January 2009 campus strike at the University of Botswana

Abstract

This paper looks into the issues surrounding the students' strike at the University of Botswana in 2009. The variables considered included; gender, nationality, residence, attitude towards violence and support for the strike. There were 327 valid responses from the sample of 337 students across the departments and program levels. The Chi- square and Logistic Regression analyses were used to relate the variables. It was found that a culture of violence was brewing up among the male students in the university and there was poor communication between the students and the stakeholders which could have a negative effect on the long-term vision of the country.