No fewer than 9,000 final year Arabic language students in various higher institutions of learning have not been able to graduate in the last two years as Boko Haram insurgency prevents them from going to take a vital acculturation test at the Nigerian Arabic Village in Gambour-Ngala, officials said.
It is part of an academic pre-requisite for all students of Arabic languages in any higher institution of learning to attend a mandatory acculturation exercise at the Arabic village Ngala for one year in the case of university undergraduates and a semester for students of Colleges of education, before they are awarded their desired certificate.
The Nigerian Arabic Village being the second language village established together with the Nigerian French village in Badagry is located in Ngala, a locality that is presently threatened by the Boko Haram insurgency.
According to the new chairman of the governing board of the school, Mallam Mohammed Sani Idris Al-Bulaturee, who made this know to newsmen yesterday though the security situation has improved now, the school had suffered a set back of not having a whole academic session.
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