As to merits of the case:
iv.
The
Minister's
statement
is
attributable
and
imputable
to
the
Respondent and same amounted to existence of an unlawful ban on
pregnant adolescent girls from attending school;
There exists discrimination against pregnant school girls in Sierra Leone
occasioned by the institution of the policy (the ban) barring pregnant
adolescent girls from attending mainstream schools.
Consequently, the Respondent is in breach of its commitments
vi.
and
responsibility under both local and international laws particularly, Articles
2, 3, 17(1), 18(3) & 25 of the Charter; Articles 28(1) of the Convention on
the Rights of the Child; Articles 1 & 3 of the Convention
against
Discrimination in Education and the Court so holds.
Concerning the institution of alternative school for the pregnant girls,
vii.
the establishment of separate school for the pregnant adolescent girls
with four (4) taught subjects operating three (3) days a week, not being at
par with the main stream schools is equally discriminatory and a violation
of the right to (equal) education.
ORDERS:
ii)
iii)
That the prohibitive policy (the ban) be revoked with immediate effect;
That the Respondent State takes steps to abolish the separate school
established for the pregnant girls and absorb the already enrolled girls
in the main stream schools;
The Respondent State develops strategies, programmes and nationwide campaigns that focus on reversing negative societal attitudes
that support the discrimination and bias against pregnant girls
attending school;
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