‎Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje orders arrest of street beggars

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‎Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has ordered the arrest of street beggars who refused to go to school.

Ganduje gave the order on Tuesday in Kano during the launch of Basic Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) and distribution of offer of Appointment to 7,500 volunteer teachers at Sani Abacha Stadium.

The Kano State government has a policy of compulsory free basic and secondary education for residents, including the integration of the Islamiyya schools into the secular education system.

“Those children who are begging will be arrested and their parents will be taken to court for allowing their children to be begging instead of attending school.

“This policy of free and compulsory basic and secondary education goes along with it integration of our Almajiri system into the mainstream policy implementation.

“Which suggests that, English and Arithmetic must be included in the Almajiri schools curricullum.

“This would go a long way in giving the kids other type…



Source: Vanguard Newspaper