The Almajirai are children who are usually from poor backgrounds. They leave their hometowns to study Islamic learning with malammai, teachers of the Quran. Almajiranci (Hausa pronunciation) is said to refer to a system of Islamic education practiced in northern Nigeria. The male gender seeking for Islamic knowledge is called Almajiri, while the female gender is Almajira (plural is Almajirai). This system encourages parents to leave parental responsibilities to the attached Islamic school. The term has been expanded to include any young person who begs on the streets and does not attend secular school. Most malams are educated in the alamajiri system themselves, and do not receive a salary but depend financially on the alms of the community and the work of the almajirai. The paper looks into the diverse issues surrounding the Almajiri system of education in Nigeria such as the causes, challenges, its impact on the society, and the probable solutions.
Almajiri, malams, Islamic school, education, youth poverty, youth delinquency, initiative
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