CAIRO: Students at Alexandria university slammed their administration after CCTV cameras were installed in toilets, local reports said on Monday. 

The students reacted in disbelief, saying it is an “improper action,” a report by Egypt Independent has said. 

The university announced that it had installed surveillance cameras to monitor students and “prevent robbery.”

The faculty released a statement to clarify that the surveillance cameras are installed inside and outside the bathrooms to discover prevent robbery, of which there had been an increase of recently.

However, a spokesman for the university told a night talk show that the cameras installed were not connected to electricity.