CHIBOK GIRLS WHO ESCAPED BOKO HARAM RETURN TO SCHOOL

The twenty - one Chibok schoogirls who escaped when Boko Haram abducted hundreds of them on 14 April last year are back in class at the American University of
Nigeria in the north - eastern Adamawa State .
Over 200 others have remained in captivity almost one year after they were taken hostage .

Among those who have returned to school , 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 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.