The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Sokoto State Government on Tuesday signed the Transformative Actions partnership on Almajiri and out-of-school adolescent girls in the state.
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Sokoto State government has inaugurated Old Boys Associations for Qur’anic schools across the state, with serving commissioners heading the associations in their alma mater.
Speaking at the ceremony, the Executive Secretary of the State Arabic and Islamic Education Board, Dr Umar Altine DandinMahe explained that this was part of the state government’s plan to reposition the Quar’anic and Islamiyya schools by the next two years.
According to him, the government had adopted the Indonesia Pondok Models of almajiri system of education which suit the religious and culture of the state.
He further explained that the system consists of four components which were vocational skills, Islamic morality, integration and forming of old boys associations for Qur’anic schools.