By Chuwang Dungs, Gombe

Gombe State GOVERNOR Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has decried the mass failure of students of the state in external examinations, thereby leaving vacant, the admission quota for the state in various tertiary institutions of learning across the country.

The Governor who spoke during the 5th annual general meeting of the old students association of Government Secondary School Gombe over the weekend, vows to reverse the trend by repositioning the current educational status of the state from bottom to an appreciable stage.

Represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi, the Governor said all over the world, Governments have the fundamental responsibility of ensuring positive development of their citizenry and this can only be achieved through provision of qualitative education.

He said Gombe state has a considerable number of potential candidates for admission into tertiary institutions and Government must give them necessary support to actualize their dreams.

“We must therefore take urgent decisive measures to reverse this trend by ensuring that those saddled with the task of training these children in schools are in proper frame of mind and qualified to teach”, the Governor stressed.

Governor Inuwa Yahaya emphasized that while his administration accords education the utmost priority, government will use available resources in providing infrastructural facilities, instructional materials and teaching aids to facilitate educational development.

He called on Parents Teachers’ Associations , PTAs and school based Management Committees to complement Government efforts of ensuring that henceforth products from Gombe state schools compete favorably with their peers across the country and even beyond.