Almajiri Commission To Enrol 10,000 Out-Of-School Children Before September
The National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School Children Education, NCAOOSCE, in conjunction with commissioners of education of some northern states, has pledged to visit the six area councils in the nation’s capital, to identify and enroll no fewer than 10,000 out-of-school children before September.
The National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School Children Education, NCAOOSCE, in conjunction with commissioners of education of some northern states, has pledged to visit the six area councils in the nation’s capital, to identify and enroll no fewer than 10,000 out-of-school children before September.
This was made known during the inauguration of the out-of-school children enrollment champions at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja on Friday.
The Executive Secretary of the commission, Mohammed Idris, acknowledged the leadership and unwavering support of President Bola Tinubu, who has been instrumental in advancing efforts to eradicate the challenges faced by Almajiri and out-of-school children in the country.
According to him, the commission is committed to ensuring that there will be no more street children, orphans, and out-of-school children sooner than later.
In May, the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme, noted that integrating Western Education with the Almajiri system was the solution to the Northern out-of-school children syndrome.
Mamman further said that, as of May this year, the ministry had been able to enroll over two million out-of-school children through several agencies.
His words, “In fact, we have an agency set up specifically for that purpose, to take care of Almajiri and out-of-school children. It’s yet to take off fully because we are still waiting for waivers from the Head of Service, recruitment and even secretariat and so there are still some headwinds in terms of the take-off of that agency, but we have not been resting.
“I liken out-of-school children to a pool of water, and if you clear that pool of water and then you are not able to close the tap which is actually feeding that pool then you are not solving the problem. So, we are working on a two-track policy of addressing out-of-school children and then trying to close that gap.”
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