Rural Areas’ Students Protest Against Online Lectures Citing Poor Internet Speed
The students of rural and peripheral areas are protesting against the decision of Pakistani universities to initiate online classes due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
The students have been protesting on social media and raising their concerns using a trend #We_Want_Semester_Break. “Technical subjects and lab courses cannot be taught on video streaming software,” one of the concerns of the students.
The students argued that most of them belonged to the remote rural areas, where internet facility is too poor to attend the online classes. The protestors even termed the online classes as discriminatory against the students living in the rural areas of Pakistan.
Online classes are problematic & discriminatory for many students.
At this panic time, many of us can’t go to our homes because in our districts there is internet connection. #We_Want_Semester_Break pic.twitter.com/uu8qXwGhqU— SAKHII? (@Hammadali6115) March 26, 2020
Look.. how disturbing is this!! things are not same for everyone. there is no 4G even 3G available for everyone at home so:#we_want_semester_break pic.twitter.com/dGY5D1RIQJ
— Abdullah Nisar (@abdullahnisar) March 26, 2020
Either give quality resources or stop this stupidity!
Many students can’t access proper internet, they are locked in places without a facility that otherwise Libraries provided. This is not a joke! They pay equal fee! #We_Want_Semester_Break— Fatima Hassan (@Fatima_Hassan17) March 26, 2020
I m student of UMT from Backward area of KPK Chitral, we don't have mobile network in our area v travel 2 to 3 hours daily for taking online classes but all in vain.
There is no importance of online classes #We_Want_Semester_Break pic.twitter.com/5RkcGMIXKz— Emad baig (@Emadbaaig) March 25, 2020
A student said that the private universities charge extraordinary fees from them, and in return they are teaching them on internet – that is not right at all.
In private universities each student pay more then seventy thousands (70000). Online classes are totally failed and we can’t attend our lectures properly. In remotest districts still there is no facilities of internet.@ammaralijan @ChairmanBSAC #We_Want_Semester_Break
— Munawar Baloch (@munawar_baloch9) March 25, 2020
There is no output of #onlineclasses at all…
It is just wastage of time and ruining our future#we_want_semester_break pic.twitter.com/laNJdU238V— Ehtishamul Haq (@haq_124) March 26, 2020
This is the current situation in remote areas of Pakistan, we don't have access to net, roads and vehicle.
It's not possible for us to travel 2 to 3 hours daily. Every where lockdown and curfew so please stop this online classes. #We_Want_Semester_Break pic.twitter.com/Q4Y0fQuDDE— Emad baig (@Emadbaaig) March 25, 2020
We're facing a lot of problem while attending online classes@theabdullahawan@hecpkofficial@DrMuradPTI@ImranKhanPTI#We_Want_Semester_Break pic.twitter.com/ijlSe8mfik
— Abdullah Muhammad (@Madni004) March 25, 2020
Another student while highlighting his concerns said, “Every teacher just wants to complete the course. They are just sending us notes and we cannot even understand from where to start.”
Every teacher just want to complete course. They just sending notes,notes and notes.We are not even understand,from where to start. They are just burdening us..#We_Want_Semester_Break pic.twitter.com/vATrWj9vtc
— Muhammad Umair?? (@itz_saim) March 26, 2020
Students are simply not motivated in online classes.This isn’t an effective way to learn. The biggest disadvantage of taking online class is the absence of face 2 face interaction b/w teacher n their students. Lack of resources.#We_Want_Semester_Break @hecpkofficial pic.twitter.com/WaY0CqHIXV
— Muzzamil Bajwa (@muzzamil_bajwa) March 25, 2020
Online classes are nothing but another source to waste our time. #We_Want_Semester_Break@hecpkofficial @DrMuradPTI @PTIofficial @ImranKhanPTI pic.twitter.com/SfYIDaQgb3
— Khadija Waseem (@KhadijaWaseem3) March 25, 2020
Following the government’s decision to close the universities across Pakistan due to the spread of deadly coronavirus, the universities decided to continue the courses of students through online classes – that is now being criticised widely.
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