10 million northern children out of school
– BUK alumni

JULY 30, 2015 : FRIDAY OLOKOR, ABUJA


The Bayero University Kano Alumni Association
on Thursday expressed concern over the state
of education in the country with a call on the
Federal Government to declare a state of
emergency in the sector.

According to the association, the declaration will
ensure that every child in Nigeria is compelled
to attend primary and secondary schools in line
with global trends.

President, BUK Alumni Association, Dattijo
Usman, and Vice President, Dr. Nazifi Darma,
stated this in an interview with journalists
ahead of its fund-raising dinner scheduled for
Saturday in Abuja.

Using the North as a reference point, Usman
advised that the governors of the 19 northern
states should take urgent steps to address the
menace of Almajiri and hawkers to reduce
social vices as well as insurgency.
He said, “Recent statistics have shown that 11
million children are not in school. The trend is
increasing because out of this figure, 90 per
cent (about 9.9 million) of them come from the
North. It is our duty to draw the attention of
policy makers and the National Assembly to
ensure the implementation of UNESCO policy.

“Out of school cases are responsible for
insurgency and Boko Haram. All these cosmetic
Almajiri schools will not help matters. A state of
emergency should be declared in education and
all children of school age should be compelled
to go to school.

“The government must ensure that children go
to primary and secondary schools. It happened
in other countries and Nigeria should not be an
exception. We must do it here in Nigeria and
every child must go to school, beginning from
the primary and secondary levels.

“We are worried by this Almajiri menace. In
fact, the 19 northern states governors should do
something to reduce the trend. We hope to
reach the governors. It is the responsibility of
everyone of us to ensure that the future is
better than our past.”

The Federal Government had claimed that it
had built Almajiri schools across the northern
states with the aim of providing integrated
education that would comprise basic western
education alongside Islamic education as a
means of reducing the level of illiteracy in the
North.

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That's serious

We know that already.

That's why they are easily recruited by Boko Haram. The empty spaces in their big heads are filled with devilish preachings of nonexistent virgins and the only word they understand becomes "Go".

Prospective virgin seekers. Abeg make BH come do audition.

That's a breath of fresh air I'll say.The Hausa students in BUK who will ask a sit partner in the exam hall to explain a question written in English in Hausa.What do u expect from students who attend government sec schools in LGs like takai,sumaila,wudil,bebeji,kura etc?? Schools where English is taught in Hausa. Better the lots of them stay out of school.

Thank Allah for my almajiri friend abdujabbar168 who escaped this

Eugenedimgba:
That's a breath of fresh air I'll say.The Hausa students in BUK who will ask a sit partner in the exam hall to explain a question written in English in Hausa.What do u expect from students who attend government sec schools in LGs like takai,sumaila,wudil,bebeji,kura etc?? Schools where English is taught in Hausa. Better the lots of them stay out of school.

Like seriously, @ d bolded?

It is a well known fact. It is troubling that these same set still govern this country in all angle.