Students in this village of Mizoram struggle to take online classes due to lack of internet connectivity

About 45 students from a very remote village in the Siaha district of Mizoram, along the Indo-Myanmare border, are still hoping that they will attend their classes and exams online from their homes with other students in the state. and the state government will help them access good mobile internet connectivity.

While other students in the state attend and appear in their online courses and exams from their homes, these 45 students in Mawhrei Village still face difficulties in attending and appearing in their online courses, due to exam lack of proper mobile network connectivity in their locality, and they were forced to take their online classes on a hill inside a forest area in Siaha district of Mizoram.

There is a lack of internet connectivity in the remote village of Mawhrei, located about 74 km from the Siaha district headquarters and the village is surrounded by hills and located under the Tipa RD block where these students also live with 100 other villagers.

C Laithlu, a first semester student at Siaha College, located about 120 km from his village, said they face many problems not having a proper mobile internet connection.

Last June, 15 students from the remote village appeared during their online exam in a temporary exam room and hut that was built by the Mara Student Organization using bamboo, banana leaves and a tarpaulin inside a dense forest located on top of a hill.

Lack of internet connectivity for students in Mizoram village

The exam hall was built by the Mawhrei village branch of the Mara student organization on May 31, where mobile network signals are available and are sort of suitable for online classes and exams for students. .

The temporary examination room located at ‘Mt. Tlaotlah ‘is only 10 km from the Indo-Myanmare border and can only be reached by a 3-4 km hike uphill through a forest.

This particular location is the only area in Mawhrei village where mobile network connectivity is available.

Students struggle to take online courses

C Beithakhu, another undergraduate student from the 3^rd semester at Mizoram University, said they had to walk for an hour through a forest area to reach the top of the hill and attend their online classes.

Out of 30 students, 15 undergraduates took their exam online from the temporary exam room.

On the other hand, to take stock of the situation, Tipa Sub Divisional Officer (Civil) Lalhmingliana and J. Vanlalramengzauva, APO RD department, visited an online class on Monday that was taking place under the makeshift thatched hut.

Students from Chapi Village, which is also near Mawhrei Village, also joined students from Mawhrei Village in their makeshift huts to continue their online course as Myanmar Networks Teflon, which they used to access earlier from their village, has recently disappeared.

Mara Student Organization (MSO) leader Vabeihruasa told Aajtak / India Today TV by phone that although there is a mobile phone tower in the area, the internet signal is very weak and inadequate for class online, and requires students to climb. about 3 km to access better signal from the viewpoint at the top of the mountain every day.

Leaders of the Mara Student Organization and elders from Mawhrei Village welcomed the visiting officials and accompanied them to the top of the mountain where the online course was being held.

The students informed them of various hardships they had endured due to poor internet connection with visiting officials. They also asked to provide them with IG corrugated iron to cover their 4 huts.

Lalhmingliana assured them of his greatest help to improve their suffering and gave them Silpaulins for their 4 makeshift huts and Rs 2000.

KL Paul Vanropuia, chairman of the Mawhrei village unit of Mara students, said the makeshift hut was built by the leaders of the Mara student organization at the exact location where the internet signal is available.

MSO leaders also said that not only Mawhrei village, but many other students from different villages in Siaha district are facing similar problems.

Covid-19 cases have declined

While the detection of positive Covid-19 cases has declined in most states across the country, Mizoram has seen an upward trend in Covid-19 cases and the state reported 1,846 new Covid-19 cases on Monday. .

The state now has 15,843 active cases.

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