WAEC exam for the first time in six years. Photo: 7 Division,
Nigerian Army.
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has
conducted the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE), in
Chibok Local Government, Borno State, the first time since the
abduction of over 200 schoolgirls in the area by Boko Haram
insurgents, six years ago.
The 7 Division, Nigerian Army, disclosed this on Thursday.
Schools in the local government were closed by the Federal
Government following the abduction of the girls from the Government
Girls’ Secondary School Chibok on April 14, 2014.
Six years after the incident which led to the formation of the
Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) advocacy group, the school has now been
converted into a mixed school (for boys and girls).
BBOG.
Out of the 219 schoolgirls abducted by the insurgents, 107 have
regained freedom after various rescue efforts and mediated
negotiations between the Federal Government and the terrorists.
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President Muhammadu Buhari who rose to power on a three-pronged
agenda of fighting insecurity, ridding the country of corruption
and revamping the economy, had at various fora restated his
resolve to rescue other schoolgirls still in captivity.
rescued Chibok Girls
“Diverse efforts are being intensified to secure the release of
the Chibok Girls, along with all hostages in Boko Haram captivity,
including Leah Sharibu who was kidnapped from her school, Science
Secondary School, Dapchi, Yobe State, on February 19, 2018,” the
Nigerian leader said in commemoration of the fifth anniversary
of the abduction of the Chibok girls.
Below are photos of students sitting for the WAEC
examination in Chibok:
‘Targeted and Exposed’
In 2018, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said over
1000 children have been abducted by Boko Haram in northeastern
Nigeria since 2013.
“They are consistently targeted and exposed to brutal violence
in their homes, schools and public places,” the agency added.