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A bullied schoolgirl's dream of resuming and completing her secondary school education has become a reality.

In November, the mental struggles of 14-year-old Annalisa (not her real name) to be placed in a new secondary school, after she complained of incessant bullying, were highlighted. Her parents eventually had to remove her after the first term of form one, in the hopes of having her transferred to another school.

That move ended up costing the Arima teen two precious years of secondary schooling, as her transfer application became an example of public service bureaucracy at its worst.