Bauchi State Commissioner of Education Dr Aliyu Usman Tilde has suggested that pupils should be enrolled in schools to first memorize the Holy Quran within four years and start learning western education to complete primary education within two or three years.
Dr Tilde gave the suggestion on Thursday in Bauchi while speaking at the Quranic graduation ceremony of 1,775 pupils of Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi Schools across the country at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium Bauchi.
He said the system is being practiced successfully in Pakistan, if a pupils is enrolled in school, he will memorize the Holy Quran within four years. After that they will learn primary education within two or three years and when they graduate they will learn various disciplines like medicine, Journalism, Pharmacy, law, among others.
He added that part of the programme will be lesson of always recitation of the Holy Quran to enable them master it.
Commissioner said the system will help pupils to memorize the Holy Quran from their house and in front of their parents, which will reduce Almajiri street begging and child labor while seeking ways to memorize the Holy Quran.
A renowned Islamic Scholar Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi opposed the banning of Qur’anic Schools by Northern governors, saying their actions contravened to the constitution of Nigeria which guaranteed that every Nigerian has right to live where ever he wants in Nigeria.
He said the action of the governors without bringing a genuine solution or alternative to Almajiri education is harmful and will not help the pupils who are out to learn how to memorise and master Quranic education.
The scholar advised governors to support Quranic education and come out with many and multidimensional ways to improve the system instead of castigating the system.
He prayed for peace and stability of Nigeria and advised the Federal Government to listen to the cry of the protesters with a view to solve their problems.
“I also want the government since it has eyes and ears to respond positively to the yearnings of its citizens who are always crying of poverty, hunger and other problems bedevilling the country,” he said.
Sheikh Dahiru appealed to the protesters to stop protesting and embrace dialoque in the best interest of the country.
Presenting the graduands Sayyadi Ibrahim Tahir said this year 1,502 pupils memorized the holy Quran from Sokoto, Bauchi, Gombe, Katsina, Kwara, Adamawa, Niger, Borno, and Zamfara states, while 273 learnt the recitation of 60 hizb of the holy Quran.
He said Niger State Government will partner with Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi foundation to improve learning of Quranic education in the State.
Chairman of the occasion Alhaji Umaru Dahiru Baraden Bauchi commended Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi for his effort towards the propagation of Islam.
