Bandari Maritime Academy students have Thursday protested over what they termed as exorbitant fees, poor management, lack of sea time and delays in issuing of the Seafarer's Identification Document (SID).
The students disrupted learning two days after Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs Cabinet Secretary Hassan Joho promised to resolve their grievances.
The unrest slowly snowballed into a full crisis after the students' lit bonfires using palm tree logs, barricading the road leading to the institution.
It took the intervention of Anti-Riot Police Officers, who arrived in the nick of time, to remove the logs and disperse the students.
