President Goodluck Jonathan would today commission the maiden Federal Government Model Almajiri School in Sokoto.
The school which is located in Gagi, Sokoto metropolis, is a model boarding school with modern facilities to provide education for the Almajiris in the state. The facilities include language laboratory, recitation hall, classrooms, dormitories, a clinic, vocational workshop, dining hall and mallam quarters.
The Federal Executive Council had in fulfillment of Jonathan’s campaign promises to tackle the syndrome of Almajiris in the Northern states by ensuring that millions of the street children get access to formal education had approved contract for the construction of 400 Almajiri schools across the 19 Northern states.
According to the Director of Media in the Governor’s Office, Alhaji Hassan Maccido, “The essence of Almajiri schooling is to take your child from you to a school environment where a Mallam takes care of him, gives him education and mould his character.”
“The foundation is for the child to have an independent mind of his own and to be able to fend for himself. Unfortunately, the system came to be abused, as what we see now is that a father takes his child to Almajiri School headed by a Mallam who does not do the job right.
Maccido said the state government had established a school, which, at the moment, admitted about 1000 pupils from Sokoto and neighbouring states.
This is good news indeed!!!
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