Dad sets up a classroom on top of a hill in a tent for his daughter

TANAH MERAH: A father set up a tent on the top of a 20 meter high hill for his undergraduate daughter to participate in online learning sessions due to poor internet and telecommunications coverage in his village.

Nurlieda Khaleeda Mohd Azmi, 20, a second-year medical laboratory technology student at the Universiti Malaya, said she used to go to the city about 3 km away just to get a decent internet connection for her studies.

However, when a partial lockdown was applied under a conditional movement control order in Kelantan on November 21, her father, Mohd Azmi Ahmad, 48, decided to pitch the tent for her, he told reporters at his home in Bukit Petai Tujuh here today. .

Azmi also set up some chairs and a table in the tent, which is about 30 meters from her house.

Nurlieda Khaleeda said she used the classroom almost every day during CMCO, but not at night due to the risk of being exposed to poisonous animals such as snakes.

He also brought his laptop and wireless modem with him and spent two to three hours a day in the tent to attend learning sessions or take exams.

“What worries me the most is that I am present for the exams from November 23 to December 3. I have to turn on my phone camera to allow teachers to monitor me.

“I am quite stressed with the intermittent internet connection in town, which makes it difficult for me to sit for exams. In fact, the two hours provided were insufficient due to the unstable connection. If the Internet is disconnected, I have to start over and there is no additional time, ”said the oldest of five siblings.

Azmi said that she would accompany her daughter to the tent until she finished her class or exams.

“Especially now, since it’s raining every day. The store is awkward, but we have no choice for the sake of its future. This is not a problem that we only face, but also other students from higher education institutions and schools, ”he said.

Azmi said the problems with Internet and telecommunications coverage were nothing new, and those in five nearby towns also faced a similar situation. “In fact, some have even built tree houses to get better cover.”