Theodore Adams > GuySAgri ‘Demon attacks’ at GSA cause postponement of exams JUNE 27, 2013 | BY KNEWS | FILED UNDER NEWS …students should be prepared for exams today – Agriculture Minister Final examinations at the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara which were scheduled to have commenced yesterday had to be postponed after students claimed that attacks from the spiritual realm have been disrupting their studying. With chants of “No justice, No exam” and “The demons are here and they say they don’t care”, students picketed the entrance of the institution while bearing placards that read, ‘ No prayers, No school’, ‘Need religious intervention now’, No prayer, no power; demons attacking every hour’, and ‘GSA needs prayers’. Chanting ‘No justice, No exam’ The protest, according to the students, was due to the fact that some within the school are being possessed by demons. Clennell Petty, Vice President of the student body, told this newspaper that the school had been under attack by demons for many years but the attacks had not reached the extent that it had on Tuesday. Petty said that the attacks began early that morning and continued into the evening where students were experiencing abnormal occurrences one after another. The attacks were, reportedly, mostly prevalent in the female ‘L-shaped’ dorm. Petty related that one female student who was attacked was told by a ‘demon’ to kill herself, while another student, a male, experienced scratches on his body in the absence of a visible assailant. “A young man, he was just standing there and all you know, his skin started getting scratched up just like that,” the Vice President said. He added that as a result of the attacks, approximately eight students had to be taken to the hospital for medical attention. However, doctors informed that their ailment was not of a medical nature. Family members of a few attacked reportedly carried their kin home, while those who remained at the institution slept out of their dorms out of fear. According to the students, the administration of the school has denied them their rights by refusing to administer permission to have a religious leader pray for the school. “We are in a state of fear and once we’re in fear we cannot focus on studying… We simply ask for pastors to come pray for the school so that we can study,” some voiced. Petty reported that when the student body sought to consult with Mr. Brian Greenidge, Chief Executive Officer of the institution, concerning the issue, he refused to see them. The body is adamant that if their voices are not heard, they would not be writing the exam which is scheduled to begin today. Meanwhile, Agriculture Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, in an invited comment with Kaieteur News expressed that the exam will go on as scheduled. The Minister added that those who feel that the dorms are not allowing them to study can go home to do so. Responding to the claims that the students requested a pastor to “pray for the school”, he said that the institution cannot be opened up for just anyone to enter. He explained that due to the disruption on Tuesday, the administration exercised flexibility and postponed the exam, but it will not be pushed back any further and students are expected to be prepared. Share this:
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