By A Correspondent- Harare Polytechnic students have been ordered to vacate their hostels before 6 am today to accommodate mourners for former President Robert Mugabe’s funeral who passed away last week in Singapore.

The development comes days after the University of Zimbabwe students protested against a similar move, forcing the institution to recall its decision.

The students said they were addressed by the dean of students, Cosmas Shiridzinomwa yesterday and were instructed to leave the hostels before 6 am today and return on Tuesday when leading commences.

”We will be given transport money to go back home and an allowance to return to school on Tuesday when learning commences,” one of the students told a local publication.-Newsday