Abducted Chibok Girls’ WAEC Results Ready

MINISTER of Education, Mallam Ibrahim
Shekarau, on Monday, disclosed that the results
of April 2014 West African Examinations Council
(WAEC) of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls is
ready.
The minister, who disclosed this at a
stakeholders’ meeting, organised by the House of
Representatives Committee on Education, over the
Federal Government’s directive that schools
resume on September 22, added that the Federal
Government was committed to girl-child
education.
According to him, “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.
When the abduction took place, some remained
and completed their exams, some others were
abducted. So, the result is haphazard. So we are
addressing that this afternoon.
“This is just for the information of members of
the House. It is also a matter of great concern to
us. I am sure by 1.00 p.m., four, five of us will be
sitting with Mr President to address this issue.”
Speaking further, he said, “By 1.00 p.m. today
(Monday), the president has scheduled a meeting
in which I am attending, specifically to address
some of the issues of girls education in that
troubled zone.
“In fact, this morning, I got a communication
from WAEC. The result of the Chibok Secondary
School is out.”
It will be recalled that Boko Haram insurgents
had, in April, abducted more than 200 girls from
the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno
State.