Parents who have once seen boarding schools as a safe place for their
daughters are now fearful of sending them away. Many local schools have
also closed down because of the insurgency by the Islamist militants.
Unfortunately, when families pull their girls out of school, they take
them back home and when girls are at home, the next thing will be
marriage.
AFP/File"Picture
taken on May 5, 2014 shows Chibok school girls who escaped from the
Boko Haram Islamists gathering to receive information from officials"
taken on May 5, 2014 shows Chibok school girls who escaped from the
Boko Haram Islamists gathering to receive information from officials"
