By CGTN Africa 

The 82 young women freed by Boko Haram in Nigeria last month have begun a special program of rehabilitation in the capital, Abuja. They are embarking on another journey that government officials say will help them recover from traumatic experiences in captivity.

The women’s affairs ministry will ensure that they receive psycho-social therapy for months before they are reassigned to schools.

The girls will also be introduced to some basic teaching similar to that in the schools they will be joining. The idea is to refocus them back on the classroom.

Aisha Alhassan, minister of women’s affairs, explained that they will be offered vocational training. “Every girl is learning true skills, most of them have chosen to learn sewing and catering,” Alhassan said.

The girls now aged between 16 and 18 were among the 276 abducted by Boko Haram militants from Chibok in northeast Nigeria in April 2014. Dozens of them escaped on the first night of their abduction and 106 of them have since been freed, leaving more than 100 unaccounted for. But some of them have reportedly refused to be released, fueling fears of indoctrination.

For the next four months, the women’s affairs ministry will be home to the 82 girls, and a team of psychologists will help to heal the mental wounds they have suffered in the past three years of captivity. They will then be sent to schools across Nigeria, although none will return to Chibok.

"All of them will go back to school together because if we keep them beyond September, it means they will waste another school year,” said Alhassan.

The 82 girls were freed in exchange for Boko Haram prisoners held in government prison. The government has promised more releases even as Boko Haram says there will be no more negotiations for the release of the remaining girls.