Internet Disruptions affect tertiary students' productivity

The disruption of the internet for the country’s main two network providers these past few weeks have proved fatal for the student body. This has affected studies in many forms as students rely heavily on online services.

The big boys in the telecom industry including MTN and Vodafone now Telecel having had their subsea cables disrupted have affected multiple countries spamming from the west to the south of Africa. These countries include Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, and South Africa. This has had negative impact on most industries relying heavily on integrated services from these telcos. 

One of these industries being the Fintech sector which accounts for most food services and deliveries in and around the campuses of the tertiary institutions. Unless the student in question prefers his walk ins and dines, the food joints further away require some form of transport which has been affected.

How we have managed to stay productive in these trying times as students is a question for the gods. Can we wait in excess of Five weeks for these cables to be restored? We use the internet to submit our assignments and also learn. It aids us in finding additional information about what we have been taught. Should matters continue like this, not much can be said about the teaching and learning in tertiary institutions.