Borno stakeholders call for Tsangaya reform, enrollment of almajiris in boarding schools
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Abuja-
Stakeholders at a two-day summit on Tsangaya reform in Borno State have urged the government to arrest and enroll street-roaming children into special boarding schools.
The summit also recommended measures to curb the influx of Almajiris from neighboring states and countries and to support Tsangaya schools and teachers.
In a communique issued and signed on Thursday in Maiduguri by the Board Chairman, Khalifa Ali A. Abulfatihi, said those whose parents are alive and out of Tsangaya or primary schools should be taught , catered for and trained on various skills acquisition and entrepreneurship to clear the streets of beggars and Almajiris.
The stakeholders also resolved that government should put measures in place to curb the influx of those coming to Maiduguri in the name of Almajiris from neighboring states and countries to learn Quran so that the under-aged among them are returned to their parents.
In this regard, it was suggested that a string Joint Task Force (JTF) comprising of Tsangaya Board, Tsangaya and Islamiyya Associations, Civilian JTF and other Law Enforcement Agencies should immediately be constituted and given the mandate to checkmate the situation.
Similarly, all vehicles coming into Maiduguri town should be screened with a view to fish out unwanted elements entering the city to cause havoc, especially the unemployed youths
It further suggested that the Tsangaya reform board should be empowered to immediately embark on continuous registration of non-registered tsangaya and Islamiyya schools, pupils and students with view to update the data base of the pupils, students and teachers on or before March 2025.
The statement also stated that government to initiate necessary process of engaging all the tsangaya stakeholders, politicians and traditional rulers in the processes of supporting and assisting Tsangaya schools and teachers while emphasizing the need to support all tsangaya programs in their localities within the state.
It was also resolved that children of seven (7) years should been the enrollment age for tsangaya schools or learners which has been for centuries the tradition of putting children in schools in Borno.
The participants however recommended that the board should established a law that henceforth twelve (12) years is the minimum age for those Al Majiris or learners coming from other cities and state to Maiduguri and vice versa
While parents and guardians bringing their wards or children to Maiduguri henceforth to study or learn Quran and Arabic should also be guided and advised to come with food items for their wards/children or learners.
It also recommended that Model Tsangaya Centers should be established in the three (3) senatorial districts as a pilot scheme in the state Borno stakeholders call for Tsangaya reform, enrollment of almajiris in boarding schools
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Abuja-
Stakeholders at a two-day summit on Tsangaya reform in Borno State have urged the government to arrest and enroll street-roaming children into special boarding schools.
The summit also recommended measures to curb the influx of Almajiris from neighboring states and countries and to support Tsangaya schools and teachers.
In a communique issued and signed on Thursday in Maiduguri by the Board Chairman, Khalifa Ali A. Abulfatihi, said those whose parents are alive and out of Tsangaya or primary schools should be taught , catered for and trained on various skills acquisition and entrepreneurship to clear the streets of beggars and Almajiris.
The stakeholders also resolved that government should put measures in place to curb the influx of those coming to Maiduguri in the name of Almajiris from neighboring states and countries to learn Quran so that the under-aged among them are returned to their parents.
In this regard, it was suggested that a string Joint Task Force (JTF) comprising of Tsangaya Board, Tsangaya and Islamiyya Associations, Civilian JTF and other Law Enforcement Agencies should immediately be constituted and given the mandate to checkmate the situation.
Similarly, all vehicles coming into Maiduguri town should be screened with a view to fish out unwanted elements entering the city to cause havoc, especially the unemployed youths
It further suggested that the Tsangaya reform board should be empowered to immediately embark on continuous registration of non-registered tsangaya and Islamiyya schools, pupils and students with view to update the data base of the pupils, students and teachers on or before March 2025.
The statement also stated that government to initiate necessary process of engaging all the tsangaya stakeholders, politicians and traditional rulers in the processes of supporting and assisting Tsangaya schools and teachers while emphasizing the need to support all tsangaya programs in their localities within the state.
It was also resolved that children of seven (7) years should been the enrollment age for tsangaya schools or learners which has been for centuries the tradition of putting children in schools in Borno.
The participants however recommended that the board should established a law that henceforth twelve (12) years is the minimum age for those Al Majiris or learners coming from other cities and state to Maiduguri and vice versa
While parents and guardians bringing their wards or children to Maiduguri henceforth to study or learn Quran and Arabic should also be guided and advised to come with food items for their wards/children or learners.
It also recommended that Model Tsangaya Centers should be established in the three (3) senatorial districts as a pilot scheme in the state