Mizoram University Students Trek Uphill To Give Online Exam

A group of university students of Mizoram trek every other day for around two km through a forest to reach a hilltop to write their online examination as that is the only place nearby where they can access the internet.

A group of university students of Mizoram trek every other day for around two km through a forest to reach a hilltop to write their online examination as that is the only place nearby where they can access the internet. A makeshift hut made of bamboo, tarpaulin and banana leaves has been erected on the summit of the hill which acts as their 'exam centre'. They stay there for over three hours to write their papers and then return home the same way. A social organisation and a student body have set up at least two such huts in Lunglei and Siaha districts of the landlocked state with hilly terrain and deep valleys, gorges and plains. Mobile towers have been erected in cities and towns by private and government internet service providers, but, Information and Communication Technology Minister Robert Romawia Royte said that it is difficult to have a decent net connection in every part of the state due to its geographical characteristics. Many villages are yet to be covered by the mobile network. The government has allowed students, who are writing online examinations, to travel to cities and towns for availing better internet connectivity despite lockdown, but it is not possible for everyone.