Nigerian Government Schools Turns Down Students Captured by Boko Haram

Report says that some Government schools in Abuja are turning away hundreds of students displaced by Boko Haram from northern Nigeria, denying them education on the grounds that they are unable to produce the appropriate documents they failed to grab as they fled the rampaging terrorists.

The FCT government secondary schools are demanding the originals of age declaration, birth certificate, testimonials, transfer certificate from the last school and junior school leaving certificate before the displaced students can be given admission.

Denied education, these students have resorted to odd jobs to fill their time and make ends meet. No papers, no education.

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Jeremiah, now a carpenter, was rejected by a secondary school.

Jeremiah said he fled his village – Gwoza, Borno state – with his uncle when the terrorists attacked.

“When the attack started, we had to run and the only place we found was under a tree,” he said. “We stayed there for days, till we spotted a bus. I and my uncle ran to it and joined (the passengers) to Abuja.”

Jeremiah said he was in senior secondary school when they fled. He is now a carpenter in Waru, an Abuja suburb popular with displaced persons.