The researchers considered the rapid changes and incredible development in information and telecommunication technologies, the high usage of mobile phone and whatsApp among students, the importance of education and the digital nature of the upcoming students to create a classroom that will meet up with the digital nature of students in a cost effective way This research uses whatsApp (a mobile application) in conducting a class to teach basic hygiene to some randomly selected students of Near East University Cyprus, the research is a mixed method research where questionnaire was administered to all the 100 students that participated and interviews were conducted to some selected participating students and staff of Near East University at random. It was found that 55% of the participant uses whatsApp for 3 hours or more hours daily and that only 3% uses their phone for calls only it was also found that students with practical oriented courses are reluctant to take it while those that need little practical's wholeheartedly welcome the idea and that for it to work more successfully there is need for live streaming and group video call. It was also found that user friendliness, accessibility and cost effectiveness are the main reason why whatsApp was acceptable. Finally, it was also noted that 91.1% of the student want the school to use whatApp as a tool for distance learning

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