Sexual Immorality Forces Bauchi Govt to Shutdown Pry, Secondary School

A secondary school in Bauchi state has been shut down by the state government for alleged sexual immorality being perpetrated by the students of the school.

The state government in a press statement by Yakubu Adamu , the Special Assistant on Communication to the Deputy Governor of the State, Mr Nuhu Gidado, said it had received several reports of the sexual conducts and illegal marriages among students of the Sa’adu Zungur Model Primary and Secondary School, Bauch.

According to Gidado, the students’ behaviour was as a result of the moral decadence in the society, saying that the state government shutdown the school after being duly notified about the sexual immorality going on in the school.

The school was shut down on March 10, 2017, following reports of rampant sexual activities.

A committee comprising all directors in the state Ministry of Education, the school authority, teachers as well as the Parents and Teachers Association (PTA), had been set up to investigate the matter and come up with a detailed report before the school is reopened.

Government source said: “In one instance of the alleged illegal marriage, a boy who claimed to be the groom, paid N500 as dowry to “wed” a female student, while their classmates contributed money for snacks needed at the ceremony.

“We learnt the groom brought large sums of money to the bride’s friends for settlement after marriage had taken place.”

Students say the attention of teachers was drawn to one of such illegal events only last week when an SS11 student organised a “wedding” in an unoccupied classroom with a female senior student.