The Jigawa State Tsangaya Education Board has partnered with the National Information Technology Development Agency to teach digital skills to Almajiri and out-of-school children in the state.
The Executive Secretary of JSTEB, Dr. Abubakar Maje, shared this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse on Thursday.
Maje said he recently met with the Director-General of NITDA, Khashifu Abdullahi, to discuss how to train these children in digital technology.
“We planned to build three mega schools, with each accommodating 4,000 almajiri children,” Maje said.
He explained that the goal is to improve education in Jigawa State.
According to him, NITDA promised to support the project by promoting digital learning. The agency also instructed its team to create a plan that could be used in other states, making sure children across Nigeria have access to digital skills.
Maje added that the Jigawa State Government has approved N1.82 billion for the board’s capital and recurrent expenses for 2025.
“Also, N400 million has been set aside to renovate the seven existing tsangaya schools in the state, which were built by the Federal Government in 2012,” he said.
The tsangaya schools aim to blend Islamic and western education to get Almajiri and out-of-school children off the streets.
Maje reminded that integrating Tsangaya Islamic schools into the western system was a Federal Government project started in 2012, meant to give all Nigerian children access to basic education.
He added that state governments where these schools are located are responsible for providing teachers, non-teaching staff, and other materials needed to run the schools.
