“Pulaaku” Moral Value Influence on Nomadic Fulani Perception and Non-Participation in Educational Community Development in Ikara District, Kaduna, Nigeria | Chapter 10 | Research Developments in Arts and Social Studies Vol. 5

The goal of this study is to investigate how the pastoral Fulani community's pulaaku moral values affect their perception of and understanding of education. It also seeks to provide an explanation for the continued low participation of the Fulani in educational community development in the Ikara district. One of Nigeria's and many African nations' most disadvantaged populations in terms of education is the pastoral Fulani nomads. In order for African nations to fulfil their sustainable development goals, such groups must get special attention because education continues to be the mechanism for personal, social, and national growth. It is important to assess the human and social barriers to their educational progress. First, the pastoral Fulani's perspective of schooling in general appeared as one of the conclusions. Second, the causes of non-participation are broken down into subthemes: tight commitment to pulaaku moral norms, worry about social capital being fragmented, lack of role models, and parental ignorance. The study came to the conclusion that although the Fulani pastoral communities had a favourable opinion of education, socio-cultural factors such as a lack of role models who upheld the pulaaku principle, a perception that the system posed a threat to social capital, and ignorance contributed to their low participation rates. Therefore, through funding ethnographic research studies, politicians, government organisations, and other stakeholders must have a thorough understanding of Fulani values and perhaps take their suggestions into account when creating an appropriate nomadic education system, in particular the pulaaku. Additionally, including volunteer organisations with a community focus will improve group comprehension and engagement in educational community development.

Author(s) Details:

Suleiman Dahiru,

Department of Social and Development Sciences, Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia and  Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts Social and Management Science, Yobe State University, PMB 1144 Damaturu, Yobe State, Nigeria.

Nobaya binti Ahmad,

Department of Social and Development Sciences, Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.

Wan Munira Wan Jaafar,

Department of Social and Development Sciences, Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.

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