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Ethiopia Blocked Social Media Sites During University Entrance Examinations by RoyalMail: 5:25pm On Jul 11, 2016
Ethiopia has blocked social media sites during university entrance examinations to prevent students from being "distracted", a government spokesman has told AFP news agency...

Some end-of-year examination papers were posted online last month forcing the exams to be scrapped.

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Viber have been inaccessible in the country since Saturday, AFP reports.

"It's blocked. It's a temporary measure until Wednesday. Social media have proven to be a distraction for students," government spokesman Getachew Reda is quoted as saying.

Prominent Ethiopian blogger Daniel Berhane has however condemned the move.

What do you think?

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http://www.ajayiwrites.com/2016/07/ethiopia-blocks-facebook-twitter.html


lalasticlala

Re: Ethiopia Blocked Social Media Sites During University Entrance Examinations by RoyalMail: 5:26pm On Jul 11, 2016
What if we can replicate this in Nigeria? Whats your take?



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Re: Ethiopia Blocked Social Media Sites During University Entrance Examinations by LordZero(m): 5:31pm On Jul 11, 2016
that's a country that cares about the future of its citizens. .

when will our dear "giant of Africa" give a rats asz about the citizens.

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Re: Ethiopia Blocked Social Media Sites During University Entrance Examinations by Luckylife(m): 5:34pm On Jul 11, 2016
Country tha value their future leaders .
Re: Ethiopia Blocked Social Media Sites During University Entrance Examinations by Nobody: 9:39am On Jul 15, 2016
RoyalMail:
Ethiopia has blocked social media sites during university entrance examinations to prevent students from being "distracted", a government spokesman has told AFP news agency...

Some end-of-year examination papers were posted online last month forcing the exams to be scrapped.

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Viber have been inaccessible in the country since Saturday, AFP reports.

"It's blocked. It's a temporary measure until Wednesday. Social media have proven to be a distraction for students," government spokesman Getachew Reda is quoted as saying.

Prominent Ethiopian blogger Daniel Berhane has however condemned the move.

What do you think?

Source:
http://www.ajayiwrites.com/2016/07/ethiopia-blocks-facebook-twitter.html


lalasticlala

I took the exam but it was very hard to take it being prepared cuz the first one was stolrn and the questions were posted on fb so, it was cancelled then we had to wait again for a new exam to be released after a month.
But some ppl were trying to annoy us by posting fake questions telling us the new one was stolen.
The government did the right thing but felt sorry for the ones not taking the test suffering through this ban
Re: Ethiopia Blocked Social Media Sites During University Entrance Examinations by babyfaceafrica: 10:11am On Jul 15, 2016
Nigeria students gat brain pass all these naw...do you know how many proxies person get.....abeg swerve

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