Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra state, South-east Nigeria has directed that Ejikeme Mmesoma be placed under a psychotherapist for three-month for guidance and counseling.
Gatekeepers News reports that the State Commissioner for Education, Ngozi Chuma-Udeh announced this at a briefing in Awka, the state capital, on Thursday.
Psychotherapy helps people to change behaviours, thoughts, and emotions that are capable of causing problems or distress.
Gatekeepers News reports that Mmesoma has been in the news for claiming she scored 362 in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), however, noted that the result she was parading was fake, adding that her original score is 249 in the exam.
Mmesoma who earlier countered the claim, later admitted that she forged the result.
Amid the ensuing drama, JAMB withdrew her result and suspended her from taking the exam for three years.
On Wednesday, Gatekeepers News reported that Mmesoma appeared before an ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives investigating the alleged forgery of result.
She appealed to JAMB for leniency and claimed ignorance played a “significant role” in the process of obtaining the fake result.
The commissioner, while speaking on the development said Soludo’s directive followed recommendation of the committee constituted by the state government to investigate the case.
Chuma-Udeh said the state will meet with the management of JAMB to “reconsider one or two things” for the student after the psychotherapy.
The Commissioner said, “We considered what Mmesoma did as ‘juvenile delinquency’ to which any child could fall victim. So, we are not going to throw the baby away with the bath water.
“She is now under a psychotherapist counsellor who will take her on therapy for three months after which the state government will appeal to JAMB management on behalf of her to reconsider one or two things.”
