EDUCATING ALMAJIRI CHILDREN FOR GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP:ISSUES, PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES

Abstract

One of the fundamental and alienable rights of every citizen is the provision of interrupted basic education for every category of Nigerian child. Therefore, educating Almajiri children for global citizenship is a veritable tool towards eradicating out of school social phenomenon which is a national threat. This paper examined conceptual framework of Almajiri education bearing in mind its laudable objectives. It equally spelt out the needs to educate Almajiri bearing in mind issues involved, prospect and challenges. The paper further gives working suggestions on how Almajiri programme would bring about school reform geared towards sustaining desirable growth and development.