Kaduna – An 11-year-old Almajiri, Usman Ya’u, says his desire in life is to go to a conventional school like any other child, so that he can become a teacher.
Ya’u who is from Katsina State said on Friday that his parents brought him to Kaduna to learn the Qura’n at an almajiri school in Hayin Dan Mani.
The boy who spoke in Hausa said, he likes the almajiri school but dislikes begging and would want to acquire western education so that one day he can teach in his village.
“I don’t enjoy begging but had to it out of necessity because that is the only way I can feed myself.
“Whenever I am out to beg, I see children who are my mate, wearing uniforms, with school bags and their lunch boxes, some of them speaking English which I don’t understand.
“I want to go to school too, so that I can learn how to write and speak English…
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