Olaleye Aluko

The Kebbi State Government said it had built 40 nomadic schools and would renovate 504 Almajiri  schools to tackle the large population of out-of-school children in the state put presently at over 400,000.

The state Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Magawata Aliero, stated this in an interview with journalists on Saturday, noting that the government also recruited over 2000 primary and secondary school teachers to add to the teaching workforce in the state.

The commissioner said the increasing population of out-of-school kids in the state was due to the porous borders and subsequent influx of children hawkers from Niger Republic and Benin Republic.

Aliero said the state government once caught two trucks filled with children of various school ages, coming from outside the country and passing through Kebbi to Zaria, Kaduna State.

He noted that the uplift of nomadic and Almajiri schools would help to reduce the population of out-of-school kids and achieve socio-economic development for the state.

The commissioner said, “Our hands are on deck to make sure that we rake in the children. The state government spent N280m on the school-feeding programme. We have built 40 nomadic schools.

“We have also identified 504 Almajiri Islamic schools for necessary renovation. We will ensure that we provide Mathematics and English teachers in those schools.

“By 2020, the population of out-of-school children will be very low and depleted. We hope to be the least in the north. Kebbi is bordering two countries and there is influx of their children in the country. When it is rainy season, you won’t see them. They would have gone back for farming.

“We identified about 800,000 children but during the rainy season, they were about 400,000 to 500,000 children.

“We have grown the school-feeding programme where primary school pupils from primary 1 to 3 are provided with one meal per day. We have about 2000 primary schools across the state benefitting from this programme. We currently have 294,000 pupils being catered to.”

Source: https://punchng.com/kebbi-plans-nomadic-education-for-400000-out-of-school-kids/amp/

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That will be commendable.

Aliero said the state government once caught two trucks filled with children of various school ages, coming from outside the country and passing through Kebbi to Zaria, Kaduna State.

Were those kids deported? Its interesting to note thousands of kids hop back and forth from border without NIS doing anything. Those countries should drag their ownn load.

The state government spent N280m on the school-feeding programme. 

We currently have 294,000 pupils being catered to.”

The state spends N952.38 per pupil. They should expand program.

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