Former uni head calls for non-violent approach

 Dr Albert Schram, the man at the centre of the University of Technology saga, has hailed the non-violent boycott of classes by students, describing it as a new chapter in the history of the PNG student movement.
He praised the students for taking a non-violent approach in the month-long boycott following his deportation by government and the conclusion of the Sevua investigation.
The Dutchman said he was happy there was dialogue established between the students representative council and the national executive council following their meeting last Friday on campus and hoped that more relevant stakeholders, including him, are involved to find a quick solution.
‘I guess it was a breakthrough of sorts in the sense that the threats of state of emergency and the task force were off the table,” Schram said.
“My relations with the SRC are excellent, and I really commend them for their leadership of the student movement. It is hard to maintain a non-violent approach and they have really written a new chapter in the history of the PNG student movement,” he said.
Schram said some provincial governors were “not helpful by threatening to withdraw scholarships, and were hell-bent on coming out on the wrong side of history”.