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Almajiris: Tambuwal’s Noble Solution for the North

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"Xlozh2X5" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>By Nafiu Muhammad Lema<&sol;p><div class&equals;"ZcO7FQ1o" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Almajirci System of education has for long been the topic of debate in the country&comma; particularly in Northern Nigeria&period; Some are of the opinion&comma; that it should be abolished totally while others spiritedly search for an alternative to the system&period; In fact&comma; some States have already sent the Almajiris back to their respective States of origin&period; Their roaming streets&comma; and peeps into homes are a menace to public&period; Coming up with a solution to this lingering problem has been the topic of discussions for several years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Many public commentators have added their voices to the debate with some supporting the abolishment&comma; while others holding contrary views&period; But as usual Sokoto State Governor&comma; Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has a good initiative divergent from both the views- &&num;8216&semi;for and against&&num;8217&semi; the system &lpar;Almajirci&rpar;&period; His own way&comma; for dealing with the system was borne out of his desire to cater for all&comma; regardless of status and class&period; Already Tambuwal has upgraded the two Almajiri Schools within Sokoto from their moribund state&comma; before his administration to modern standard&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Two years ago Governor Tambuwal led a delegation from Sokoto to far away Indonesia&comma; as part of the plans for taking Sokoto State to greater heights through the reform of the Almajirci system of education and on other areas of development&period; And there he noted a solution to the very debate Sokoto&comma; and other Northern States are entangled in&comma; with regard to the issue&period; The Indonesian Pondok system of Almajirci education which is operational in some Muslim countries of Asia&comma; is just the panacea&period; Sokoto State&&num;8217&semi;s pursuit of the system in a remodeled form would make it the brightest star in Northern Nigeria&period; Pandok system&comma; entails combination of Qur&&num;8217&semi;anic education with western one as well as provision of skill training simultaneously to Almajiri pupils&comma; which will make them self reliant on completion of the search for their education&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"Md8R9vtO" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>This shows how advantageous&comma; is the system&comma; to Quranic pupils&period; The structures within the Indonesian Pondok system are everlasting&comma; and infinite&period; If there is any alternative to Almajirci system in Northern Nigeria&comma; it is the Indonesian Pondok system&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>As Social Institution too&comma; Indonesian Pondok system has played a major role over the centuries&period; It emphasises core values of sincerity&comma; simplicity&comma; individual autonomy&comma; solidarity and self-control&period; Children just like Almajiris are separated from their families&comma; which contributes to a sense of individual commitment to the faith and close bonding to a teacher&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2021&sol;01&sol;01&sol;tambuwal-dissolves-caretaker-cttees&sol;">Tambuwal Dissolves Caretaker C’ttees<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Let me pay tribute to the leader of new modern Sokoto&comma; Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal for becoming the unbreakable shield to these defenseless children roaming the streets of Sokoto&period; Any sane or kind hearted person will have to feel for them&period; And Tambuwal&comma; again with no exception&comma; came to their rescue&period; If implemented&comma; and going by his staunch opposition to immoral conduct&comma; and behaviour&comma; and as he pledged during the Stakeholders meeting held in Sokoto&comma; the ancient city will once again be o<br &sol;>&NewLine;in the limelight&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On many occasions a lot of us in the State misunderstand his ways&period; Whenever he makes a case for Sokoto&comma; the outcome will naturally unfold as the best decision&period; He has a way of silently achieving the unachievable in a manner that other actors got swayed to his side &period; He is exceptionally the best mathematician in the field&comma; and unarguably amongst the best administrators in Nigeria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Education sector in its entirety has been given much elaborate attention by Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal&&num;8217&semi;s administration&period; To make the work easier Tambuwal subdivided the sector into Ministries of Higher Education&comma; and that of Basic and Secondary Education assisted by Arabic and Islamic Education Board&comma; and Female Education Board in order to provide affordable Education template that the present&comma; and next generation will be proud of&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As if that is not enough&comma; Tambuwal reinvigorated&comma; and rejuvenated Sokoto State Universal Basic Education to further enhance&comma; and re energise the Education of Sokoto citizens&period; Tambuwal further accorded high premium to the Ministry of Science and Technical Education by changing it to Ministry of Science and Technology alone&comma; and schools under it receiving the needed care&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The results of this massive outreach to Education Sector in Sokoto State is overwhelming&period; There is no doubt&comma; Tambuwal has achieved indelible foot marks in the Sector that can stand the test of time&period; The State Government has also passed the Compulsory Education Bill which stipulates penalty for parents that deny their wards the chance of going to school&period; The bill&comma; mandates not only the enrolment of students but also the retention in school of every child in the State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The State Consultative Committee on Education headed by the Sultan of Sokoto&comma; His Eminence&comma; Alhaji Muhammadu Sa&&num;8217&semi;ad Abubakar<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; 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