Almajiri education in Northern Nigeria: A case for a curriculum rich in Islamic content

Dailytrust | 11-02-2026 03:17pm |

Few social issues in Northern Nigeria combine moral urgency, human suffering, and policy failure as starkly as the Almajiri education system. What began centuries ago as a respected model of Islamic learning has, in its contemporary form, become one of the region’s most visible symbols of structural neglect. Across major cities and rural communities, thousands

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