Nigeria has an estimated 13.2 million out-of school children, the highest in the world.
To check this development, the federal government says it is considering placing a ban on the Almajiri system that has existed in the North for decades.
Though the federal government says it is yet to conclude arrangements on the ban, President Buhari says it is crime for parents to keep their children out of school.
The president says such parents risk getting arrested.
The almajiri system of education is a form of qur’anic learning system associated with begging.
Government says banning almajiris who have become easy prey of poaching by terrorists, will also help in addressing the rising insecurity in the country.
