Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has directed that Mmesomma Ejikeme, the student of Anglican Girls Secondary School, Nnewi, who has been at the centre of a Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) score controversy, undergo counselling.
In a letter to the principal of the school, Soludo directed the immediate commencement of psychological counselling and therapy sessions for the candidate.
The student admitted last Thursday that she manipulated her UTME result to arrive at 362, which was to have been the highest in the country.
In a letter by the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh. the governor directed that the 19-year-old be handed over to a Professor of Clinical Psychology.
Chuma-Udeh said: “The directive is in line with one of the recommendations of the committee set up by the Anambra State Government to investigate the matter, following the parading of the fake results, which elicited interests and generated controversy and misgivings”.
