Almajiri is a system of Islamic education practiced in northern Nigeria. Almajiri is gotten from an Arabic word "Al-Muhajirun" which can be translated to mean a person who leaves his home in search of Islamic knowledge.

The system is ONLY PRACTICED IN NIGERIA!

Precolonial era
This system of education started in Nigeria in a town named Kanem-Borno, which had a majority of its rulers widely involved in Quranic literacy. More than 700 years later, the Sokoto caliphate was founded by a revolution based on the teachings of the Qur'an. Sokoto caliphate and Borno caliphate started running the Almajiri system together. During this precolonial era, students used to stay with their parents for proper moral upbringing. [/b]All the schools available then were in a close proximity with the immediate environment of the students. Inspectors were introduced to go round the schools and after inspection they report to the Emir of the province all the matters regarding the affairs of the school. The schools were funded by the community, parents, zakkah, sadaqqah and sometimes through the farm output of the students.

[b]Can't this be re-introduced to manage the failure being experienced by the program

Colonial era
The year 1904 brought a new twist to the almajiri system of education, as the British invaded the northern part of Nigeria. During the invasion most Emirs were killed and others were disposed. The remaining emirs lost controls of their territories, this resulted also in the lost of fundamental control of the almajiri. Boko was introduced, boko meaning western education. The British abolished the state funding of almajiri schools. With no support from the community, Emirs and government, the system collapsed. The teachers and students had no financial support, so, they turned into alms begging and menial jobs for survival.[3]

Well done Britain... Another misadventure on your part. Maybe we should hold the British government for total rehabilitation of existing Almajiri's in the country, and ensure no new ones are made/converted

Present day
A report by the National Council for the Welfare of the Destitute (NCWD) approximated the number of current almajiri to 7 million. The system now lacks things like good teachers and basic amenities like proper clothing and shelter. Most of the almajiri do not graduate and are left with the option to do menial jobs.

There is a need to do something to improve their lot. How about building technical schools in all of the Northern States with capacity of 1,000 per program, running 4 six-month programs per year... Woodwork, Aluminium Works, Radionic, Metalwork, Plumbing, Painting, Masonry, Animal Husbandry, Agricultural Machinery Mechanics, Fabrication, etc etc. There are lots of grants and donor agency that will match funding on initiatives like this

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