The result of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) written by the students of Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State is out.
President Goodluck Jonathan, the Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau and three other top government functionaries held a crucial meeting on Monday, September 15, over the results of students, The Nation reports.
Over 200 of the students had been abducted on April 14 by Boko Haram at the period they were sitting for the examinations.
According to the minister of education who spoke at a stakeholders’ meeting with the House of Representatives Committee on Education at the National Assembly, the meeting was necessitated by the fact that “the outcome of the examination is haphazard,” and also to specifically address some issues concerning the girls’ education in the troubled zone.
He said: “In fact by this morning, I got a communication from West African Examinations Council that the result of the Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, is out. But we have to look at it via- a -viz the security situation and implication before the formal release. It is right now in my possession.
“Because when the abduction took place, some remained and completed their examinations, while some were taking exams and they were abducted. So, the result is haphazard. So we’re addressing that this afternoon.”
“Because when the abduction took place, some remained and completed their examinations, while some were taking exams and they were abducted. So, the result is haphazard. So we’re addressing that this afternoon.”
It’s been 5-months since the Chibok girls went missing and though the government claims to know where they are being held captives, they have not been able to rescue any one because according to them, they do not want to harm the girls in the process of rescuing them.
Meanwhile about two week ago, the Chibok girls who managed to escape from Boko Haram were offered full scholarship by the American University of Nigeria (AUN).
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