The Minister of
Education, Mallam
Ibrahim Shekarau, said
on Monday that the
May/June 2014 West
African Senior School
Certificate Examination
results of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls were ready.

The over 200 girls were abducted in April when members of
the Boko Haram sect invaded the Government Secondary
School, Chibok in Borno State.

Their whereabouts remain unknown over 150 days after the
sad incident.

The students were taking their examinations when the sect
members interrupted the exercise.

Shekarau, who appeared before the House of
Representatives Committee on Education in Abuja, informed the lawmakers that the Ministry of Education was reviewing the results.

He stated that the review was necessary because the
examinations became “haphazard” as a result of the
abduction.

He was responding to a question by a member of the
committee, who sought to know the fate of the girls.

The minister, who assured the committee that the Federal
Government had not lost hope in its bid to secure the
release of the girls, added that efforts were also being made
to improve on girl child education generally in the North-
East zone.

Shekarau said, “By 1pm today (Monday), the President
(Goodluck Jonathan) has scheduled a meeting in which I am
attending, specifically to address some of the issues of girl
child education in that troubled zone. In fact, this morning, I
got a communication from the West African Examinations
Council that the result of the Chibok Secondary School is out.

We (ministry) have to look at it (result) 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, some were taking examinations before they
were abducted. So, the result is haphazard. So we are
addressing that this afternoon. This is just for the
information of the honourable members. It is also a matter
of great concern to us. I am sure by 1pm, four, five of us will
be sitting with Mr. President to address this issue.”

The minister was primarily invited by the committee to shed
light on the decision of the Federal Government to re-open
schools on September 22 as against the earlier date of
October 13, following the outbreak of the Ebola Virus
Disease in the country.

It will be recalled that while government’s efforts to rescue
the girls have yet proved positive, about 11 of their parents
are reported to have died.

Some Nigerians, using the social media, also launched a
campaign, #BringBackOurGirls, in a bid to continuously put
the government on its toes.

Source: http://www.punchng.com/news/chibok-girls-wassce-result-ready-says-minister/

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