THE situation was tense at the Makwarela branch of the Vhembe FET College when more than 800 students took to the streets demanding the release of last year's results

Police were called to the college after students protested on campus and prevented new students from entering their classes.

The students were stopped by the police en route to the office of college chief executive Gogome Sifularo.

Police told them it was illegal to march and advised them to rather send a delegation to Sifularo's office.

Members of the SRC, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said they were being harassed for standing up for their rights.

They claimed that since the college opened on January 10 the majority of students from levels two to four had not received last year's results.

Instead they had been told to sit for supplementary examinations that start on February 14.

"When we ask for a meeting with management they call in the police," a student said.

Sifularo said the results were pending because of technical problems at the national Department of Education.

"This is not a problem affecting our institution only. It will be sorted out," he said.