Nigerian community school accepts teen mothers

Fifteen teen mothers who dropped out of secondary schools in Nigeria recently got the push they needed to put their lives back on track. Aiboste Secondary School, Auchi (ASSA), a community school, decided to take them back. School official Alhaja Monsurat Abdul-Salam said the gesture is necessary because of the escalating number of teenage mothers dropping out of school. “This trend, if not curbed, portends a high rate of illiteracy for this community,” she said. Their school fees and textbooks will be paid for with scholarship funds. Read the article at allAfrica.com.