HINDRANCES AND SCENES OF ASSIMILATED ALMAJIRI EDUCATION SYSTEM IN NORTHERN NIGERIA

Abstract

The Hindrance of Almajiri education has been an issue of dialogue among scholars and an issue of great concern to the system. Almajiri education started from time immemorial in the Northern part of Nigeria. This paper tries to explain how the whole method started; the various scopes the system took overtime and how government came in to rescue the deteriorating state of the system by assimilation the system with the modern system, thereby making the beneficiaries (Almajirai) learn both the Almajiri education and the modern education simultaneously. In the end, the paper offers suggestions as to how the system could be improved so as to meet the standard set by National Policy on Education and subsequently attain Education for All.