A group of college students in a remote village in Mizoram trek up and down a hill daily. Reason? They have to take their online semester exams as the Internet reception is either non-existent or poor.
A group of college-goers, in a remote village in Mizoram, trek up and down a hill daily to give their online semester exams as the internet reception is poor. The lack of Internet connectivity in the remote Mawhrei village in the Saiha district, about 400 kilometers from Aizawl, has forced seven Mizoram University students to climb the Tlao Tla hill, the only spot near the village with decent Internet reception, reported NDTV.
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According to the report, a makeshift bamboo hut with banana leaves on top protects them from varying climate conditions in the district. They sit together inside the hut and write their undergraduate exams.
“Mawhrei is a remote village in Saiha district and is surrounded by hills, so there is no Internet connectivity in our village,” NDTV quoted KL Vabeihruasa, a student of the village, as saying. Reportedly, the Mizoram university is holding the semester exams online in June for over 24,000 undergraduate students across the state.
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“Today we came to see how the students are writing the exams on the hilltop. There is no 4G network in the village, but here the network is stable…we appeal to the government to solve this problem,” said N Beirasachai of the Mara Students’ Organisation.
