almajiri

Noun

Meaning

An itinerant student at an Islamic school in northern Nigeria.

(uncountable) The system of Islamic education employed at these schools.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Kano state governor, has decried the treatment of almajiri children, saying the street urchins are being used for unnecessary publicity instead of them to be received with open arms. Source: Internet

A House of Representatives Member, Dr Balarabe Kakale (PDP-Sokoto), says the House has set March 12 to debate on the reforms in the Almajiri system of education in the country. Source: Internet

A report by the National Council for the Welfare of the Destitute (NCWD), as quoted by Wikipedia, a free encyclopedia, approximated the number of almajiri children to seven million. Source: Internet

Community leader lauds El-Rufai for banning “Almajiri school” Source: Internet

Just last month, February 4, Fintiri announced plan to remove 51,205 out-of-school girls and almajiri boys from the streets into schools. Source: Internet

In Zamfara State, for example, the Almajiri schools were converted into conventional secondary schools. Source: Internet

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