{"id":92148,"date":"2024-11-13T20:54:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T20:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=92148"},"modified":"2024-11-13T20:54:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T20:54:59","slug":"fg-suspends-13-students-of-its-secondary-school-in-enugu-over-alleged-bullying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=92148","title":{"rendered":"FG suspends 13 students of its secondary school in Enugu over alleged bullying"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Federal Government has suspended 13 students of the Federal Government College in Enugu State for six-weeks for alleged bullying in the school.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday by the Director of Press and Public Relations in the ministry, Folashade Boriowo.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa ordered the suspension of the students based on a viral video showing some students of the school engaging in acts of bullying.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Alausa, reaffirmed the ministry\u2019s unwavering commitment to maintaining a safe and conducive learning environment in all federal schools across the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to him, a recent report received by the Federal Ministry of Education highlighted the bullying incident at the FGC, Enugu, which raised significant concerns about safety and discipline within the school environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201dThe findings of the ministry, the incident involved the gang assault of an SS1 student (a day student) by a group of students on Nov. 7.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201dThe incident came to light showing the circulation of a disturbing video on social media platforms.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201dIn response, the Federal Ministry of Education established a disciplinary committee to investigate the matter.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201dBased on the findings, all 13 students involved have been placed on a six-week suspension pending the report of the investigative committee.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The minister also directed the School Based Management Committee, SBMC, to collaborate with security agencies to conduct a thorough investigation, including possible affiliations with external groups.<\/span><\/p>\n

He added that immediate measures have been implemented to enhance security at the College by engaging law enforcement agents while also reviewing existing safety protocols.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201dAdditionally, counseling and rehabilitation support will be provided to address all forms of problems while promoting their reintegration into a positive school environment,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u25cf Report by NAN<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Federal Government has suspended 13 students of the Federal Government College in Enugu State for six-weeks for alleged bullying in the school. This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday by the Director of Press and Public Relations in the ministry, Folashade Boriowo. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa ordered the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":63418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5783,7],"tags":[1160,676,3566],"class_list":["post-92148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-education","category-news","tag-enugu","tag-fg","tag-fgc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}