Adamawa: Stakeholders vow to transform Tsangaya system, make far reaching commitments
Stakeholders have vowed to ensure the reformation and reintegration of the Tsangaya school system into the mainstream education system during a one day town hall meeting organized by the Forum for African Women Educationalist (FAWE) Nigeria with support from EU-INTPA Project on Wednesday in Yola.
Tsangaya school system was the reigning education system before the incursion of western education in northern Nigeria.
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Vowing to ensure that the system which produced eminent and influential personalities before the advent of the western system of education, the stakeholders noted that the north will benefit seriously from the move.
The event which was attended by the mainstream stakeholders in the education system including Alaramma’s, line ministries and MDA’s, CSOs, youth groups, JNI and Muslim council amongst others dissected the challenges facing the Tsangaya school system and the way forward.
While presenting a paper on the history of Tsangaya system of education, Malam Umar Zangina, the principal of Iqra Academy who doubles as the deputy chief Imam Jimeta Juma’at mosque said Tsangaya Education system was the reigning and most acceptable form of education system before the advent of the western system of education.
He noted that the system has produced notable scholars, businessmen, as well as leaders of the time noting that unfortunately, the coming of the western system of education led to the neglect and relegation of the system which is still reeling under severe constraints.
Zangina added that Tsangaya system got so much attention from the then emirs of northern Nigeria, the community and all stakeholders who play superlative roles towards strengthening the system.
He said when western system came into being, the government stopped supporting the Tsangaya system because the system was described as religious centric.
While presenting his paper on early child development, Mallam Yahaya Abdulrasheed urged parents to provide the enabling environment for the mental and physiological development of the child early in their formative years.
He noted that nutrition, child nurturing, hygiene, love and support are very essential at the early years as significant brain development take place in the early stages of life adding that if the brain did not well develop, the adulthood of such child may be impinged.
Various stakeholders in their separate contributions called on the government to take far reaching reforms to revive and integrate the Tsangaya school into the mainstream education system.
They noted that the Tsangaya school system is hobbled by a number of challenges such as lack of care for the children, discrimination, lack of certification and integration with the main stream education system, poor hygiene, and overcrowded rooms.
They urged the government to provide the needed policy direction, enabling environment and the needed support to transform the Tsangaya system. They also urged the CSOs to maintain advocacies, and sensitization towards community acceptance and government support.
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