The Jigawa State Tsangaya Education Board (JSTEB) says it is partnering with the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), to equip Almajiri and out-of-school children in the state with digital skills.
The Executive Secretary, JSTEB, Dr Abubakar Maje, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse, on Thursday.
Maje said that he visited the Director-General of NITDA, Khashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, where they discussed equipping the almajiri and out-of-school children in the state with digital skills.
“We planned to build three mega schools, with each accommodating 4,000 almajiri children,” he said.
Maje said the aim was to revitalise education in the state.
He said NITDA reaffirmed its commitment to fostering digital literacy.
He said the agency also directed its team to develop a scalable model for nationwide implementation, as well as ensure inclusive access to digital knowledge.
“The state government approved the sum of N1.82 billion as the total money to be spent by the board on capital and recurrent expenditure in 2025.
“It also earmarked the sum of N400 million for the renovation of the seven existing tsangaya schools in the state established by the Federal Government in 2012.
“The schools were established to integrate the Tsangaya Islamic education into the western system of education.
“The aim is to send the almajiri and hundreds of out-of-school children off the streets of the state,” he said.
Maje noted that integrating Tsangaya Islamic schools into western system of education was a Federal Government project, 2012 to ensure that Nigerian children have access to basic education.
According to him, the governments of the selected states, where such schools were established, are saddled with the responsibility of providing teaching and non-teaching staff.
“They are also to provide other necessary logistics for running schools of that type,” the executive secretary said
