How Jigawa is building on derided federal initiative to address almajiri challenge
In 2012, former President Goodluck Jonathan introduced modern Tsangaya schools to help out-of-school children in northern Nigeria. These children are commonly known as Almajirai. Alaramma Illiyasu and other conservative Islamic clerics rejected the plan. They feared the initiative would weaken Islamic education.
When former President Goodluck Jonathan introduced modern Tsangaya schools in 2012 to absorb out-of-school children—commonly referred to as 'Almajirai'—across northern Nigeria, Alaramma Illiyasu was among conservative Islamic clerics who fiercely rejected the initiative, suspecting it would undermine Islamic education. The post How Jigawa is building on derided federal initiative to address almajiri challenge appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria .