Uitenhage police continue to monitor all campuses belonging to East Cape Midlands college after a petrol bomb was thrown into the office of the Deputy Principle at the Cuyler Street Campus on Wednesday morning.
College spokesperson, Almarie Van der Merwe, says the fire brigade was called to the scene to extinguish the fire
Van der merwe says earlier on Wednesday morning two petrol bombs were also thrown outside the Charles Goodyear campus - also in Uitenhage.
She says fortunately, these two petrol bombs landed on the grass.
She says the protests groups are made up of former college employees who are trying to intimidate students.
The ongoing violence comes after the Uitenhage college fired 66 staff members affiliated to the National Education Health and Allied Workers Union last month for their part in illegal protests.
Police spokesperson, Warrant Officer, Gerda Swart, says a case of public violence was opened.
Meanwhile, Eastern Cape Education MEC Mandla Makupula is urging communities and parents to encourage their children to stay in school.
His appeal during an awards ceremony in East London on Tuesday, was largely directed at previously disadvantaged schools where the drop-out rates were higher for learners in Grades10 to 12.
Makupula said one of the reasons identified was the switch in languages where children are taught in their home language during the foundation phase and then in English from Grade Four.
He said the second area of concern was where children appeared to be unable to cope after having to make subject changes when they moved from Grade 9 to Grade 10.
