ABOUT 210 ALMAJIRI CHILDREN REUNITES WITH THEIR FAMILIES IN KADUNA
About 210 Almajiri children recently deported from Kano, Gombe, Niger and Plateau States have reunited with their families in Kaduna state after testing negative to COVID-19.
The Almajiri or Tsangaya system is a traditional Islamic educational system whereby children are pooled from various locations into Quranic schools.
The children survive by begging for alms on the street.
Northern state governors recently agreed to the ban on the almajiri system in the region.
Hence, the almajiri students are being dispersed and returned to the states where their parents live.
The Commissioner for Human Services and Social Development Hafsat Baba said the discharged children would be taken to their local government chairpersons who would, in turn, seek out their parents and hand the children over to them.
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The Kaduna state government have said the children will continue with their education.
According to Hafsat Baba, since the current Tsangaya system will be abolished, and the children will continue with their Qur’anic studies in line with western education.
65 almajiris that were deported to Kaduna have tested positive for COVID-19 and are currently undergoing treatment at the isolation centre.
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