For conducting virginity test on some female students in her school last December, the Principal of Ajuwon Senior High School in Ifo Local Government, Ogun State, Rev. Olufunke Aladeojebi, will undergo psychiatric test to determine her mental state. The state government gave the directive, after considering an appraisal report submitted by a three-man panel headed by Alhaji Ambaliu Ishola, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. The government accepted the recommendation that Mrs. Aladeojebi should be relieved of her appointment, if found to be of unsound mind while she should be demoted from grade level 16 to grade level 15 and recalled back to the Teaching Service Commission, TESCOM, headquarters if found to be sane. The government also accepted the panel’s recommendation that the two health workers who collaborated with the school principal in carrying out the virginity test should be referred to the Ministry of Health for disciplinary action while they should be immediately redeployed from Ajuwon High School. The affected students are also to be referred to the State General Hospital for proper medical check-up and counselling while the Commissioner for Education, Mr. Segun Odubela and the TESCOM Chairman, Mr. Bukunola Onabanjo, have been directed to meet with and address members of the Parent- Teacher Association, PTA, staff and students of Ajuwon High School to douse the tension generated by the virginity test. According to the state government, all teachers who have spent up to five years in the school including the affected guidance and counsellors are to be redeployed immediately. Commenting on the development, Odubela said “with these decisions, we have finally laid to rest the issue of virginity test in Ajuwon High School.

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