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KOMPAS.com – A number of students in the Regency Simalungun, North Sumatra, was forced to climb a tree to look for signals in order to be able to take lessons daring.

Not only that, to get to the location, the students had to cover a distance of approximately two kilometers from their home in the Pasungsang Hamlet.

The story of the struggle of these students becomes viral on social media after being uploaded by the owner of the Facebook account, Renni Rosari Sinaga, on Friday (1/8/2020).

In the upload, Renni wrote, signals could be bought, he was sure the students would buy them.

“Suppose SIGNAL can be bought … they will definitely buy it” Renni wrote in the upload.

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As reported previously, Renni described the condition of students in the Pasungsang Hamlet who had difficulty finding signals when attending online learning activities in the middle of the corona pandemic.

Reporting from Tribunnews, students who climbed trees were mostly middle school students to university students.

For elementary school level students take lessons offline in groups.

According to Renni, one of the reasons students take lessons offline is that the area has not been reached by the internet to its full potential.

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The location of the hamlet that lies between Mount Simarsuppit and Simarsolpah, is considered to be an obstacle to internet access.

“I told him about THE NATION CHILDREN in the village. In the village of Bahpasunsang there was only one elementary school building.

During the Pendemi period, elementary school students did not study in the school building. They obey the rules even though they live around the forest. And keep studying offline … in groups and follow health protocols regulated by the Principal Asni Selpiani Saragih and Asni Marchello “ tulis Renni.

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Reporting from Tribunnews, the condition described by Renni was agreed by
Pengulu Nagori or Siporkas Village Head, Hendra Putra Saragih.

According to him, from 7 hamlets in his area, the 3 worst hamlets for internet signals were Bah Pasungsang Hamlet, Butu Ganjang Hamlet and Borno Hamlet.

He even explained, let alone for the internet, to call from these three hamlets was not possible.

“Right now we are sitting at an altitude of 947 meters. There are several mountain peaks here that are blocking (internet signal),” said one of the youngest village heads in Simalungun Regency.