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Among
their number, is a teenage girl who spoke to CNN correspondent Nima
Elbagir in Chibok in the aftermath of the kidnapping. She told CNN at
the time that she wasn't sure she would ever finish her education. Today
she is dreaming of a better life, hoping to become a teacher herself so
that she may help other young girls in her embattled community to
learn.
“My people need my support ... and me going to school will make that change,” she told Elbagir.
The
young students are enrolled on scholarships at the university,
something which was organised by the school’s vice-chancellor Dr. Margee
Ensign, who – with the permission of their parents - travelled with her
security director to the outskirts of Chibok to collect the girls, in
spite of the danger.
The
decision of these girls to continue in their schooling puts them and
their families puts them once again in the firing line – the name of the
Islamist group Boko Haram literally translates as ‘Western education is
forbidden’ – but they remain defiant, brave and determined.
culled From CNN
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