ABSTRACT
This study was undertaken to findout
the implications of Almajiri system of education in Zaria
local government of Kaduna
state four research questions were answered. The instrument for the study was
self designed question. A sample of 125 people in Zaria local government was drawn using simple
random sampling. Data was analyzed using frequencies, percentage and mean. The
study revealed among others that the Almajiri system of education has
implications on most of the Almajiri in Zaria
local government, the curriculum is inadequate and that leas to so many
challenges facing the system. Based on the findings of the study it was
recommended that government should consider addressing the feeding and welfare
needs Almajirai and their mallams, infrastructural facilities should also be
provided.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Title page i.
Declaration ii.
Approval Page iii.
Dedication iv.
Acknowledgement v.
Abstract vi.
Table
of contents vii.
CHAPTER ONE
1.1 Background of the study 1
1.2 Statement of the problem
3
1.3 Objectives of the study 4
1.4 Research questions 5
1.5 Significance of the study 5
1.6 Assumptions of the study 6
1.7 Scope of the study 7
1.8 definition of terms 7
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.0 Introduction
8
2.1 Conceptual framework 9
2.2.5 Scope of
Almajiri schools curriculum 12
2.3 Impact of the Almajiri system of education
on child,
family and
national development. 20
2.5 Strategies for improving the almajiri system
of education 36
2.5.1 Government
support (funding) 37
2.5.2 The integrative approach 38
2.5.3. Private sector participation in the
Almajiri system
of education 40
CHAPTER
THREE
RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research design 43
3.2 Population of the study 44
3.3 Sample size and sampling procedure 45
3.4 Instrument for data collection 46
3.5 Procedure for data collection 46
3.6 Procedure for data analysis 46
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Introduction
47
4.2 Section A bio-data 48
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
5.1 Summary 58
5.2 Conclusion
59
5.3 Recommendation 60
CHAPTER ONE
1.1 BACKGROUND
OF THE STUDY
“Almajiri” is a
hausa word meaning immigrant children in search of search of Qur’anic education.
The children are sent out early in life to seek Islamic knowledge outside their
environment. They are placed under Islamic teachers known simply as ‘mallam’
under whom they are supposed to learn the rudiments of the religion.
Khalid (2000),
describes almajiranci as seasonal migration of school age male children from
rural to urban areas in northern Nigeria in search of Qur’anic
education. In this contemporary era, Almajiranci has degenerated to the extent
that it has now greatly exposed the children to various types of moral or
social hazards. Many of these children metamorphasize into drug addicts,
dropouts, street beggars etc. they seldom go back to their villages or home
towns.
The Almajiri
system of education during the pre-colonial days, pupils hold with then parents
for within the immediate environment from where the pupils came from (Junaid:
2004). The Danfodio revolution brought with it some modifications, the
establishment of an inspectorate of quranic literacy, the inspectors reported
directly to the emir of province,
concerning all matters relating to school.