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; 32