COVID-19: Tribal Students Federation to boycott online classes due to internet issues

HANGU: The activists of Tribal Students Federation (TSF) have announced to boycott online classes and have urged government authorities to provide internet facility or reopen universities for students under Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) amid the coronavirus lockdown, reported The News.

Speaking at a press conference, TSF General Secretary Asif Ali, Muhammad Luqman Orakzai, Hayat Ali and others said that they cannot take online classes as there was no internet, 3G or 4G facilities in the entire tribal districts, particularly in Orakzai.

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“The government should provide internet, 3G and 4G facilities so the students from the tribal districts could be able to take online classes,” the students demanded, adding that the government should then reopen universities for tribal students.

The students maintained that initiating online classes was a good decision but the tribal students could not avail that facility due to non-availability of internet if the tribal district.

Originally published in The News