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Qur’anic Memorisation
The allo and the Sheikh’s method: the whole Qur’an in about four years, with no begging since 2006.
العلم حياة
Knowledge
is Life.
For more than sixty years, Maulana Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi taught the Book of Allah. Today his Foundation runs 764 Qur’anic schools in five countries, and is building an Islamic Centre in every state of the North.
764schools
132,576students
27,348have memorised the Qur’an
2,456teachers
22 + FCTstates, and 4 countries abroad
Our legacy
He never turned from that mission.
For more than sixty years, Maulana Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi taught the Qur’an and gave moral instruction to Muslim communities in Nigeria and around the world.
He returned to his Lord in November 2025. His work did not end with him. It lives on in the Foundation that carries his name, in hundreds of schools, and in every child who opens a slate to learn the Qur’an.
6 Sept 2007The Foundation is established to carry his educational work.
2024/25764 schools recorded across Nigeria and four neighbouring countries.
29 Oct 2026STTMSK, Kangere is commissioned and Vision 2036 unveiled.
Who we are today
A network built
A network built
school by school.
From the 2024/2025 survey of the Directorate of Education. Tap any state to see its schools, or switch to the Vision 2036 rollout.
FewerMore
Niger Republic11schools · 3,599 students
Benin Republic9schools · 1,110 students
Ghana6schools · 450 students
Cameroon5schools · 628 students
WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE
- North-West · 54,330
- North-East · 53,934
- North-Central · 18,155
- South-West · 370
- Abroad · 5,787
Find a school
Every school, line by line.
Search the Foundation’s schools by state, local government or community, as recorded in the 2024/2025 survey.
Our journey
Every step answered the need we saw.
1OVER 60 YEARS AGOIt begins with the SheikhHe begins teaching the Qur’an himself.
21970sLearning after memorisationThe Centre for Islamic Culture opens, the first of its kind in Bauchi State.
3LATE 1990sA method of memorisationStudents memorise the Qur’an within four years.
46 SEPT 2007An institution to carry itThe Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi Foundation is established.
52018/2019A path into modern learningA six-year track with a syllabus compatible with Western education.
62024Full education for memorisersWestern education begins at the Sheikh Tahir Science and Arts Academy.
72026Everything under one roofSTTMSK, Kangere: Qur’an, primary, secondary and skills.
8NEXTAn Islamic Centre in every stateIn every northern state: the step we cannot take alone.
What we do today
Five ways we educate.
The Directorate of Education runs five categories of learning, from the first verse a child memorises to a trade in their hands.
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Nursery and Primary
A strong start in reading, numbers and character, beside the Qur’an.
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Arabic and Islamic Studies
The sciences of the Qur’an, fiqh, hadith and Arabic, after memorisation.
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Modern Studies for Qur’an Memorisers
Since 2024 at the Sheikh Tahir Science and Arts Academy, memorisers continue into full Western education.
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The Integrated Tsangaya Model
Sheikh Tahir Tsangaya Model School, Kangere: one child, one path, from the Qur’an to a trade.
Qur’an›Primary›Junior Secondary›Senior Secondary›Skills and Vocational Training
Where we are heading
Vision 2036
Our ten-year direction. It takes the system we already run and connects it into one path, from the first verse of the Qur’an to the doors of a university, and carries it into every state of the North.
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A Sheikh Tahir Islamic Centre in every northern state
Mosque and Zawiya, the Qur’anic learning centre, Islamic knowledge and a Kangere-type school, in one complex.
2
The Higher Education Study Centre
Academic preparation, scholarships, admissions, research and returning scholars.
3
The Foundation University
The higher-education horizon of the whole system, functioning by 2036.
4
The Teacher Academy
Training and certifying the teachers who carry the Foundation’s method.
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The Scholars Pipeline
Scholarship, study, return and service: scholars who come home to teach and lead.
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Farms and Skills in Every School
Food, practical skills and self-reliance for every school community.
The blueprint
One state. One Islamic Centre.
An Islamic Centre is far more than a mosque. Every northern state will receive the same complete Sheikh Tahir Islamic Centre, built to one standard and run the same way. Tap each part of the Centre.
20Islamic Centres
20Kangere-type schools
1model, already standing
Across the North
Six targets to reach every northern state.
TARGET 1The foundationBauchi
TARGET 2The first replicationGombe, Kaduna, Abuja (FCT)
TARGET 3The strongholdsJigawa, Katsina, Kano
TARGET 4The expansionNasarawa, Niger, Taraba, Adamawa
TARGET 5The reachKwara, Borno, Kebbi, Plateau, Sokoto
TARGET 6Completing the northYobe, Benue, Kogi, Zamfara
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A site is secured. Land given by government, a local government or the community.
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A founding partner commits to build the state’s Islamic Centre.
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The previous target is running its Islamic Centre, open and serving.
Target 1 is already standing
Sheikh Tahir Tsangaya Model School, Kangere.
The model every Islamic Centre will carry at its heart: children memorise the Qur’an and complete primary and junior secondary school at the same time, then learn a trade.
Qur’an, 5 yearsMemorisation and Islamic education
Primary 1–5, JSS 1–3Full modern education
Coding, AI, roboticsPlus farming and enterprise skills
Ages 7–15Boarding, meals and a sick bay
Brought back to life in partnership with the Al-Muhibbah Foundation of Her Excellency, Hajiya (Dr.) Aisha Bala Mohammed. Commissioned on 29 October 2026.
Programmes
How the work reaches people.
Model school
STTMSK, Kangere
The integrated Tsangaya model: Qur’an, primary, secondary and skills under one roof.
sttmskangere.com.ng ›Curriculum
Model Tsangaya Education Series
The Foundation’s own books and lesson plans that carry the Sheikh’s method into every classroom.
Free app · coming soon
Dahiriyyah · الطاهرية
The Qur’an with Sidi’s tilawa, Hadayan Shehu, the awrad of the Tariqa, prayer times with the adhan, the Qibla and the community.
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Learning app · coming soon
Muassasaty
Learn the Qur’an step by step, for children and adults, with daily lessons, the allo and Sidi’s voice.
Sadaqah Jariyah
The Hajiya (Dr.) Aisha Bala Mohammed Hostel.
STTMSK has outgrown its hostel. The architecture, plans and quantity survey of a new, larger hostel are ready. Every block you give keeps earning reward for as long as a child sleeps safely under that roof.
مَّثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنۢبَتَتْ سَبْعَ سَنَابِلَ
“The example of those who spend their wealth in the way of Allah is like a seed of grain that grows seven ears.” Surah al-Baqarah, 2:261
Join us
We have built with our own hands.
We have built with our own hands.
Now build with us.
Our schools run without routine public funding. Communities, teachers and scholars have carried them for years. Vision 2036 asks the world to stand beside them.
Give a site
Governments, local governments and communities provide land for an Islamic Centre or a school.
Build an Islamic Centre
Build a Sheikh Tahir Islamic Centre, or one of its parts: the mosque and zawiya, the Qur’anic learning centre, or the hall of Islamic knowledge.
Build the Centre’s school
Give a Centre its Kangere-type school: Qur’an, Islamic and Western education, and skills.
Equip a school
Qur’anic halls, classrooms, ICT laboratories, libraries and boarding.
Sustain learners and teachers
Welfare, feeding and support for the teachers who carry the method.
Open doors to skills
Apprenticeships, vocational training and farming support for our students.
THE HIGHEST HONOURAdopt a State
Become the founding partner of the Sheikh Tahir Islamic Centre in one northern state, and be named on it for generations.
The Foundation · Vision 2036
General support
First Bank
2032595985
Muassasatu Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi School
For the Islamic Centres, teachers, feeding and the work of the Foundation.
Sadaqah Jariyah
The new STTMSK hostel
Wema Bank
0128411766
Sheikh Tahir Tsangaya Model School Kangere
Write HOSTEL in your transfer narration.
Fisabilillah
Sponsor a child’s full course
Moniepoint MFB
4422136665
Sheikh Tahir Tsangaya Model School Kangere
₦753,500 a year. Full courses only: Primary 1–5, JSS 1–3 or Qur’an memorisation (5 years). Orphans first.
Contact
Visit us. Write to us. Build with us.
For partnerships, land for an Islamic Centre, sponsorship, visits or questions about Vision 2036, the head office will answer you.
Head office0803 206 1977Call or WhatsApp
Head office0803 682 9436Call or WhatsApp
Emailinfo@sheikhdahirufoundation.orgWe reply within days
AdmissionsSTTMSK, Kangeresttmskangere.com.ng
AddressSheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi FoundationBauchi, Bauchi State, Nigeria