Hundreds of students and university professors staged demonstrations before the cabinet on Tuesday, demanding the dismissal of university presidents and faculty deans by the end of this academic year.
The protesters are demanding that in future senior university administrators should be elected rather than appointed.
Meanwhile, students of the High Institute of Technology also staged protests, demanding that the institute should be turned into a fully-fledged faculty of engineering.
The protesters clashed with the staff of the Ministry of Education, with minor injuries being suffered on both sides. The protesters claim that staff tried to disperse them with fire extinguishers, while the ministry staff claimed that the students tried to storm the building.
Translated from the Arabic Edition
