Evolution of Tsangaya Model Primary Schools in North-east Nigeria: Challenges and Curbing Measures

This study examined the historical evolution of Tsangaya primary schools in North-east Nigeria. It identified the objectives of Tsangaya educational programme such as provision of quality basic education, vocational skills that would prepare the children to become self-sufficient in later life among others. The study also recognized the major challenges which bedeviled the smooth running of Tsangaya model primary schools in North-east Nigeria. These challenges included: financial constraint, poor supervision, inadequate resources, cultural resistance, poor living condition, administrative inefficiencies, insecurity to mention but a few. Provision of adequate funding, free feeding, secured atmosphere were pointed out as tools that can be employed to surmount the basic problems faced in managing Tsangaya primary school in North-east Nigeria