Ogun state Government on Wednesday suspended the Principal of Ajuwon High School in Ifo local government area, Mrs Olufunke Aladeojebi, for allegedly conducting virginity tests on female students.
The Commissioner for Education, Mr Segun Odubela, told Journalists in Abeokuta that the ministry had interrogated the principal “to give her fair hearing.”
According to him, preliminary investigations by the state’s Ministry of Education found Mrs Aladeojebi guilty.
The commissioner disclosed that a five-man panel made up of officials of the Ministry and the state’s Teaching Service Commission had been set up to further investigate the case and make appropriate recommendations on how to deal with the matter.
“The government is concerned about the welfare and interest of the students and would not tolerate any act that would compromise their fundamental rights or jeopardise their future. We equally believe in the need to maintain discipline in our schools and to follow due process in the handling of this particular case. We appeal to parents of the students involved to be patient and allow us to handle the case as dictated by the law of the land and service rules,” he said.
The principal, with the help of a nurse conducted a virginity test on female students of the school, without the consent of their parents and guardians. Out of the 300 students in SS1, only 38 of them passed the test.
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