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.
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