The Yobe State University Centre for Research in Qur’anic Studies, National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School Children Education have entered into a collaboration to curb partner to lliteracy, and ensure the people especially the young ones acquired skill acquisition and entrepreneurship.
Other areas of partnership include prevention of youth poverty, delinquency, and destitution in the Northeast and Yobe state in particular.
The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof Mohammed Mala Daura, disclosed this Monday when the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Dr. Muhammad Sani Idris, paid him a courtesy call.
Prof Daura who was represented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Central Administration),Dr. Bukar Jamri, said the University is grateful that the Commission found it worthy of a collaboration that would lead to the accomplishment of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
He added that the collaboration will help in the integration of Quranic and Tsangaya education,stressing that the University has other specialized centres that can strategically partner with the Commission.
He revealed that the specialized centers include;the centre for Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development, the Centre for Research and Capacity Development on Humanitarian Studies, and the Centre for Continuing Education.
The Vice-Chancellor further announced the appointment of the Executive Secretary as a Member of the Advisory Council of the Centre for Research in Qur’anic Studies as well as honoured him with the award of Servant of Qur’anic Education in Northeast Nigeria (Khadimu-Al-Ulumu Al-Qur’aniyyah fih shimal sharq Nijeriya).
Earlier in his remarks, Idris said they were at the University to collaborate and to share the vision of President Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima on education.
Dr. Idris revealed that the Commission is passionate about revitalising Tsangaya Education in the North, so they chose the Centre for for collaboration.
The Executive Secretary also disclosed that the Commission has chosen Yobe state University as one of the centres in Nigeria that will draw a roadmap for the 36 states in the federation in conjunction with the Office of the National Security Adviser.