{"id":77188,"date":"2020-12-07T17:54:38","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T16:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=77188"},"modified":"2020-12-07T17:54:38","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T16:54:38","slug":"most-almajiri-not-nigerians-ganduje-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/most-almajiri-not-nigerians-ganduje-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Most \u201cAlmajiri\u201d not Nigerians, Ganduje says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m55779\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">Most Quranic education school pupils, popularly referred to as<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAlmajiri\u201d, who roam the streets in the northern part of the country,<br \/>\nare not Nigerians, Kano State governor Abdullahi Ganduje said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of them are foreigners from the Niger Republic, Chad, and<br \/>\nCameroun,\u201d Ganduje said while declaring open, a 3-day retreat organised<br \/>\nby the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) in Kano.<\/p>\n<p>The theme of the retreat is, \u201dEnhancing Basic Education in Nigeria<br \/>\ntowards a Robust Institutional Strengthening and Effective Stakeholder<br \/>\nEngagement\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the survey, we have conducted, most of the \u201cAlmajiri\u201d roaming our<br \/>\nstreets are from Niger, Chad, and the northern part of Cameroun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce you improve the quality of \u2018Almajiri\u2019 education system, you are<br \/>\ninviting other \u2018Almajiri\u2019 from other places to come to your state. That<br \/>\nis another problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe northern governors are putting more pressure toward having a<br \/>\nuniversal legislation that will limit the migration from one state to<br \/>\nanother,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the retreat was \u201cvery vital and important, especially at<br \/>\nthis moment that the country is gradually coming out from the COVID-19<br \/>\npandemic which has affected education in the country\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ganduje, the retreat is also important because it is coming<br \/>\nat a time education has become the first victim of uncontrolled<br \/>\npopulation, especially when it is not matched with appropriate economic<br \/>\ndevelopment.<\/p>\n<p>Ganduje disclosed that free and compulsory primary and secondary school<br \/>\neducation, as well as the transformation of the \u201dAlmajiri\u201d education<br \/>\nsystem, were some of his major priorities in the education sector.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Executive Secretary, UBEC, Dr. Hamid Bobboye, had said that<br \/>\nthe retreat was aimed at providing an opportunity for the board and<br \/>\nmanagement to brainstorm, exchange ideas and strategies toward moving<br \/>\nbasic education forward.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the board and management would review strategic priorities<br \/>\nand propose workable changes in the institution\u2019s structure to drive<br \/>\nboth the medium and long-term goals of the commission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will also re-assess the legal framework, service delivery model,<br \/>\nshare emerging developments and trends, including global best practices,<br \/>\nfor better performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis retreat could not have come at a better time than now when Nigeria<br \/>\nand, indeed, the entire world, is facing a common enemy \u2013 COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pandemic is serving as an eye-opener for all stakeholders in basic<br \/>\neducation,\u201d he said. 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