The Nationwide Info Expertise Growth Company (NITDA) and the Jigawa State Authorities are collaborating to offer Almajiri and out-of-school kids with important digital expertise.
This initiative was disclosed throughout a gathering between NITDA’s Director Basic, Kashifu Inuwa, and the Government Secretary of the Jigawa State Tsangaya Schooling Board, Abubakar Maje Hamisu.
Hamisu said that the state authorities plans to ascertain three mega colleges, every with the capability to accommodate 4,000 college students.
The colleges will combine formal schooling with digital literacy to modernise the Almajiri schooling system and equip college students with important technological expertise.
“The initiative goals to bridge the digital divide, empowering Almajiri kids with data that can improve their future alternatives and enhance their socioeconomic circumstances,” Hamisu mentioned.
He additional famous that the trouble aligns with the federal government’s broader goal of revitalising struggling colleges via digital schooling.
Nationwide scalable mannequin
The Nationwide Info Expertise Growth Company (NITDA), reaffirmed dedication to increasing digital literacy and selling inclusive entry to technology-driven schooling, Inuwa directed his workforce to develop a scalable mannequin that may be carried out nationwide.
This initiative goals to make sure that extra marginalised kids profit from digital data and innovation.
The collaboration between NITDA and the Jigawa State Authorities marks a vital step in integrating digital expertise into Nigeria’s schooling system. By bridging the digital divide, the initiative seeks to empower younger learners with the instruments they want to achieve an more and more technology-driven world.
What you must know
The Almajiri system refers to a conventional Islamic schooling observe in Northern Nigeria the place younger boys, often known as Almajirai, are despatched to Islamic colleges (Tsangaya) to check the Quran underneath the tutelage of an Islamic scholar. Traditionally, this technique supplied spiritual schooling, however over time, many Almajiri kids have been left to fend for themselves attributable to insufficient assist. This has led to widespread poverty, youngster begging, and vulnerability to exploitation.
- President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023 assented to a invoice establishing the Nationwide Fee for Almajiri Schooling and Out-of-Faculty Kids, geared toward tackling deprivation, exploitation, and illiteracy amongst weak kids in Nigeria.
- The invoice, sponsored by Balarabe Shehu Kakale and 18 others, seeks to offer a multimodal system of schooling that mixes literacy, ability acquisition, and entrepreneurship packages to curb youth poverty and delinquency.
In response to the invoice’s sponsors, the newly established Fee will oversee ability acquisition and entrepreneurship packages for youngsters and youngsters, cut back poverty and enhance entry to schooling and tackle youth delinquency and destitution in Nigeria.
