Chibok girls’ WASSCE results raise girl-child education debate

The announcement on Tuesday that the West African Senior School Certificate Examination results of the 213 abducted Chibok girls were ready and undergoing review by the Federal Ministry of Education has again thrown up the challenges associated with the girl-child education in the country.

Boko Haram members stormed the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State last April and forcibly took away no fewer than 250 female pupils of the school.

However, more than five months after the abduction, the Federal Government has yet to rescue the girls.

The invasion, experts, therefore say, has not only exposed the age-long practices and hindrance to the girl-child, it has also pointed to other sundry factors that have kept girls out of school. They identified rape, unwanted pregnancies, child labour and early marriage as some of the factors impeding the girl-child education.

Therefore, they are calling on the authorities to address and proffer a solution to these issues.