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Almajirai and Out-of-School Children: A Looming Crisis and the Path Forward

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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;"jh77WOaA" 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 Hassan Auwalu Muhammad<&sol;p><div class&equals;"jNYxknIA" 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>The high number of &OpenCurlyQuote;Almajirai’ and out-of-school children in this country poses a significant threat to our future&comma; especially with their increasing presence on the streets of Kano and other parts of the north&period; Wherever you go&comma; particularly on the roadside&comma; you will often see young boys or girls approaching cars&comma; begging for food&period; This issue has become rampant&comma; even among adults&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In these trying times&comma; and with the cost of living soaring and the constant threat of kidnapping and missing children&comma; some parents are sending their children to different parts of the country for &OpenCurlyQuote;Makarantun Allo’ to pursue Qur’anic education&period; However&comma; they often do this without understanding the potential risks to their children’s lives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While It is not wrong to send your child to school to seek knowledge&comma; but the problem arises when parents do not know their child’s situation at the school&period; Are they taking care of their daily needs&comma; or do they assume that the teachers and townspeople will look after them&quest; The answer is often no&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"9VUNR5J7" 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>Many parents are unaware of the conditions their children face&period; They believe their children are under the good care of their scholars&comma; fulfilling their educational purpose&comma; which is often not the case&period; Additionally&comma; some children living with their parents do not attend school because their parents are unaware of the importance of education&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-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>These children in most cases grow up without respect for their parents&comma; who do not take care of them or know their whereabouts&period; Many people&comma; deliberately or not deliberately are not focused on these issues&comma; or perhaps they believe that if a problem does not affect them directly&comma; it is not their concern&period; If people&comma; especially in the Northern region where this problem is severe&comma; understood the threat we face&comma; they would take action to resolve it before it worsens&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration created the National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School Children Education&comma; the current government of Bola Ahmed Tinubu continued with the trend by appointing a civil servant to lead the commission&period; Since then&comma; things have started to improve&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The agency’s efforts which was actually designed to create a supportive environment for the &OpenCurlyQuote;Almajirai’ and their scholars by providing study materials&comma; healthcare facilities&comma; and awareness programs to help them embrace modern methods of acquiring Qur’anic education&period; One initiative is the creation of MUSABAQA VILLAGE in some parts of the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Executive Secretary of the Commission&comma; Dr&period; Idris Muhammad Sani&comma; along with dedicated staff like Malam Daha Tijjani and Nura Muhammad&comma; actually deserve commendation for their efforts&period; They are consulting with &OpenCurlyQuote;Alarammomi’ and experts in Qur’anic teaching&comma; ensuring there’s no discrimination or bias among the scholars involved&period; And this inclusive approach&comma; if sustained will contribute greatly to bring beneficial reforms to the Almajiri system for everyone’s future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is our hope that with the commission’s ongoing efforts&comma; we can expect positive changes in the Almajiri system and out-of-school children&&num;8217&semi;s education soon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You can contact Hassan via&colon; m&period;shareef1980&commat;gmail&period;com<&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; 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