It said a follow-up day of action was being planned for next Tuesday, billing it as a national student strike.

BBC: Student protest

He sometimes claimed, for instance, to have left Wilberforce University over rows about the college's compulsory military training and at other times that he was expelled for organising a student strike against poor food.

ECONOMIST: The struggle for civil rights

To the extent that there are features of student culture that strike you as less than ideal, I urge you to face up to them, speak openly about them, and have the courage to visualize a change.

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In response to the strike, she has set up a national advisory committee with over 70 members, including student, teacher and parent representatives as well as educational experts, to make recommendations on school reform.

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