Nice one.
Just recently i heard on the news that the Kaduna state Government has earmarked about N150million to build schools for almajirai.
Like the editor said, the issue has been debated for long and not much has really been done about it.
Governments introduce policies that are still ineffective in battling almajiranchi.
Kano state introduced the tsangaya program which seem to be abandoned. It was meant to document the 'tsangayoyi and formalize their kind of education.This has so far proven to be ineffective and it seems like the government has abandoned the project.
Like Shekarau once said at the northern governors forum,the Almajiranchi issue needs to be addressed by the whole region.
It is a collective responsibility that the whole governors need to tackle. The same kind of policy should be adopted by all the governors.
To me, i think what needs to be done is to force the almajirai to undergo formal western education(boko) just like our own children do.
It is time we realize that western education teaches us how to earn a living in this society. Islamic education,like the one the almajirai are taught will not teach them how to earn a living in today's world. It would have been very advantageous if they have both kinds of education because the islamic education will make them more humble in the pursuit of their means of living.
The effort of the Kaduna state government is commendable. They should please go on and force all the almajirai on the streets to go to school and learn.
Lagos has done it recently. The govt has made it compulsory on all children between the ages of 6 to 13 to go to school and hence any child within that age limit is not allowed to roam the streets during school hours. If caught they will be forced to school.