The Kano State government has started ridding its streets of Almajiri as it begins to put into effect its recent ban on begging in the state.
About 1500 of such young beggars have been taken off the streets, although some of them were rounded up a few months back.In a similar move to discourage street begging ,the Kebbi State government plans to involve 504 Quranic schools in the state in a World Bank assisted integrated programme to give the children proper education and care.
A member of the House, Dr Balarabe Kakale, from Bodinga/Dange-Shuni/Tureta Federal Constituency in Sokoto State , said the matter has been slated for debate on Thursday, March 12. He said that following government’s ban on street begging some parents have voluntarily withdrawn their children from the streets.
He had said during the flag-off ceremony of Better Education Service Delivery for All , that his government would return all out-of-school children to school by the year 2022.He said that, one after the other, all projected 291,239 school-age children who are not in school, including almajiri children, should have been enrolled by 2022.
The state consultant of BESDA, Dr Muhamadu Digereji, had said during a programme in Yola that teachers would be recruited to teach the almajiri and girls for nine months, after which those within school age would be mainstreamed into the conventional school system and those above primary school age would continue under a programme run by the state Agency for Mass Education.
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