B. Munkhtsetseg, an elementary school teacher in Bugant village, Selenge province, posted on social media “One of my students lives far from the soum center, and her mother drives her to a place with an available internet network and she attends online class from the car. Please don’t write negative comments”.
Bugant village, Yeruu soum, Selenge province is surrounded by mountains, so telephone and internet connections are poor, but students try their best to attend the online classes.
We contacted the teacher and the student's mother.
STUDENTS LIVING IN INTERNETLESS AREA DELIVER HOMEWORK THROUGH HITCH RIDE
Teacher B.Munkhtsetseg said “I have been working as a teacher for 21 years. The classes were onsite for a month, and online class started from April 4 due to lockdown. My class has 28 students and is in the 3rd grade. One of my students lives far from the soum center, and her mother drives her to a place with an available internet network and she attends online class from the car. I posted about it on social media, because I feel so loved. And people wrote positive comments and I am happy about that. I told my student about it and she was also happy. She is a very good student with talents of drawing and dancing. Her mother supports her very well. There are many good parents who support their children”.
However all kinds of mobile networks available here, most people use Mobicom internet data since it was first introduced here. Also, few households use Unitel and G-Mobile home internet. For me, I run my online class using GER internet. Depending on life situation, not all students can attend online classes. In this case, homework of the day is uploaded to group chat. Sometimes, I make calls and give information.
Our class has 2 students who are from herder family. They watch TV lessons, do their homework, go to the network available place, take pictures and send it. During the quarantine, many children came to my home for rehearsals. Also my students deliver their homework through hitch rides since many people have cars nowadays.
BESIDES A LOT OF HOUSEWORK, I DRIVE 4 KM TO ATTEND MY DAUGHTER IN ONLINE CLASSES
Mother of student O.Enkhbujin:
-How far is your home from the soum center? I heard that you drive to an internet available place for your daughter to attend her in online classes.
-We herd livestock and live with our grandparents 4 km away from Bugant village. I drive and stop when a 4G network is available. We are in a hurry on the days when the teacher is going to teach online.
-What time does the class start? How long will it last?
-Classes start at 2 pm and end at 5 pm. However, it varies depending on the number of classes. Sometimes I drive twice to the internet available place to get homework. We sit in a car and duration depends on the teacher's number of lessons that day. If Mongolian language and mathematics continue, the class finishes at 5 pm. If the teacher has training, the class will start at 6 pm. Sometimes we are not able to attend the classes due to milking and fencing livestock at the same time.
-It is not easy to travel 4 km with your daughter in the middle of livestock delivery?
-I manage my housework in order to educate my daughter. Grandparents are over 80, so they can’t take care of livestock. My daughter helps me to water livestock. She is so worried about being late for online classes and makes me hurry.
-How long does it take to ride for 2 km?
-The roads here and in the center of Bugant have many obstacles. Now the mud and water have dried up and the road conditions have improved. Children living in rural areas find it difficult to participate in online classes. Children who live far away from us and do not have a network go to the center and take their assignments by package.
-Did you drive your daughter to the center every day during onsite class?
-Yes, I did. It took one hour to get to school due to bad road conditions. I told local authorities to improve the roads at least in the village.
According to the research, 67.2% of children of herder households couldn’t watch TV lessons. On the other side, student O.Enkhbujin is very passionate about her education and her mother supports very well by driving her for 4 km to attend the online classes which are so proud and lovely.
B. Munkhtsetseg, an elementary school teacher in Bugant village, Selenge province, posted on social media “One of my students lives far from the soum center, and her mother drives her to a place with an available internet network and she attends online class from the car. Please don’t write negative comments”.
Bugant village, Yeruu soum, Selenge province is surrounded by mountains, so telephone and internet connections are poor, but students try their best to attend the online classes.
We contacted the teacher and the student's mother.
STUDENTS LIVING IN INTERNETLESS AREA DELIVER HOMEWORK THROUGH HITCH RIDE
Teacher B.Munkhtsetseg said “I have been working as a teacher for 21 years. The classes were onsite for a month, and online class started from April 4 due to lockdown. My class has 28 students and is in the 3rd grade. One of my students lives far from the soum center, and her mother drives her to a place with an available internet network and she attends online class from the car. I posted about it on social media, because I feel so loved. And people wrote positive comments and I am happy about that. I told my student about it and she was also happy. She is a very good student with talents of drawing and dancing. Her mother supports her very well. There are many good parents who support their children”.
However all kinds of mobile networks available here, most people use Mobicom internet data since it was first introduced here. Also, few households use Unitel and G-Mobile home internet. For me, I run my online class using GER internet. Depending on life situation, not all students can attend online classes. In this case, homework of the day is uploaded to group chat. Sometimes, I make calls and give information.
Our class has 2 students who are from herder family. They watch TV lessons, do their homework, go to the network available place, take pictures and send it. During the quarantine, many children came to my home for rehearsals. Also my students deliver their homework through hitch rides since many people have cars nowadays.
BESIDES A LOT OF HOUSEWORK, I DRIVE 4 KM TO ATTEND MY DAUGHTER IN ONLINE CLASSES
Mother of student O.Enkhbujin:
-How far is your home from the soum center? I heard that you drive to an internet available place for your daughter to attend her in online classes.
-We herd livestock and live with our grandparents 4 km away from Bugant village. I drive and stop when a 4G network is available. We are in a hurry on the days when the teacher is going to teach online.
-What time does the class start? How long will it last?
-Classes start at 2 pm and end at 5 pm. However, it varies depending on the number of classes. Sometimes I drive twice to the internet available place to get homework. We sit in a car and duration depends on the teacher's number of lessons that day. If Mongolian language and mathematics continue, the class finishes at 5 pm. If the teacher has training, the class will start at 6 pm. Sometimes we are not able to attend the classes due to milking and fencing livestock at the same time.
-It is not easy to travel 4 km with your daughter in the middle of livestock delivery?
-I manage my housework in order to educate my daughter. Grandparents are over 80, so they can’t take care of livestock. My daughter helps me to water livestock. She is so worried about being late for online classes and makes me hurry.
-How long does it take to ride for 2 km?
-The roads here and in the center of Bugant have many obstacles. Now the mud and water have dried up and the road conditions have improved. Children living in rural areas find it difficult to participate in online classes. Children who live far away from us and do not have a network go to the center and take their assignments by package.
-Did you drive your daughter to the center every day during onsite class?
-Yes, I did. It took one hour to get to school due to bad road conditions. I told local authorities to improve the roads at least in the village.
According to the research, 67.2% of children of herder households couldn’t watch TV lessons. On the other side, student O.Enkhbujin is very passionate about her education and her mother supports very well by driving her for 4 km to attend the online classes which are so proud and lovely.