Sokoto state government has inaugurated old boys associations for Qur’anic schools across the state, with serving commissioners as heads in their various alma mater.
A statement from Government House Sokoto Sunday listed the commissioners to include that of basic and secondary education; Alhaji Bello Abubakar Guiwa who is the chairman, Ma’ahad Malam Faruku Quar’anic School Old Boys; animals and fisheries development; Prof Abdulkadir Usman Junaidu who was appointed chairman Ma’ahad Malam Haliru Alkalin Waziri while commissioner for budget and economic planning, Alhaji Mainasara Ahmad chairs the Ma’ahad Malam Malam Quar’anic School Old Boys.
Speaking at the ceremony, Executive Secretary State Arabic and Islamic Education Board Dr Umar Altine DandinMahe said this was part of the state government’s plan to reposition the Quar’anic and Islamiyya schools in the next two years.
DandinMahe said the government had adopted the Indonesia Pondok Models of almajiri system of education which, he said suits the religious and culture of the state. He further explained that the system consisted of four components namely; vocational skills, Islamic morality, integration and forming of old boys associations for Qur’anic schools.
DandinMahe noted that already the process had reached appreciable stage, saying the adoption of the Indonesian system of Islamiyya was part of Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal’s administration efforts at modernising Islamiyya system of education.
In a message, chairman of the occasion and district head of Kware, Alhaji Muhammadu Dan Iya, represented by Alhaji Ahmad Balarabe, described the inauguration of the Qur’anic schools’ old boys associations as a right step in the right direction.
In his remarks, Sarkin Malam Sokoto Yahaya Na Malam Boyi commended the state government for the initiative.