Education Minister, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, Monday told federal lawmakers that the results of the Chibok schoolgirls, who wrote the April 2014 West African Examinations Council (WAEC) exams were ready.
Shekarau made the disclosure at a stakeholders’ meeting organised by the House Committee on Education, over the federal government’s directive to schools to resume on September 22, in consideration of the Ebola Virus Disease in the country.
“By 1pm today (Monday), the President has scheduled a meeting, which I am attending, specifically to address some of the issues of girls’ education in that troubled zone (Nigeria’s North-East).
“In fact, this morning, I got a communication from West African Examinations Council. The result of the Chibok Secondary School is out”, the minister disclosed.
He said the result was being reviewed by the education ministry, because of its “haphazard” nature caused by Boko Haram’s abduction of some of the schoolgirls.
“The ministry will look at the results vis-a-vis the security situation and implication, before the formal release. It is right now in my possession, because when the abduction took place, those who remained completed their exams. 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 1 pm, four, five of us will be sitting with Mr President to address this issue”, he said.
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