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ALMAJIR' TRAINING CENTRE, ZARIA
(1992-11) ADAM, ABDULLAH ISA
ABSTRACT The male Qur'anic student who leaves his home town to another town in search of Islamic scholarship (Almajir), has for long consistitude a socio-religious problem to the North by his act of begging. Efforts in the past to temporarily resettle them when important dignitaries visit our capitals, have proved ineffective. There, therefore arises the need to find a lasting solution to the act of begging. studies are carried to find the origin and aim of the culture and why they beg. There is no single building ever built to cater and provide all the facilities intended for this project. This design, in essence, is a hybrid of functions which are the products of an intense research into the needs, yearnings and aspirations of the Almajir and an architectural Injection of other auxiliary facilities which is anticipated to satisfy and catalyse the successful grooming of the Almajir in this centre. The centre is to train the 'Almajir' educationally, socially, vocationally and otherwise towards their full integration into the larger society after graduation.