Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has granted approval for the use of a Government Secondary School as temporary site for the take-off of a newly established Federal College of Education (FCE) in Gwoza.

The site is at Vile, a community in Gwoza town, Headquarters of Gwoza Local Government Area.

The new school is the first of its kind, a Federal Government College of Education, in Borno since the state was established in 1976. Most of the 36 states and the FCT each has federal University, federal polytechnic and federal college of education. Borno had been without federal polytechnic and federal college of education until they were established by the Buhari administration.

Zulum who had facilitated take off of a Federal Polytechnic sited in Monguno and now did same for the Federal College of Education in Vile, Gwoza.

The governor during his trip to Gwoza on Saturday gave a directive for the immediate rehabilitation of the GSS Vile to serve as temporary site for the federal college of education to commence operations.

Zulum gave the approval during an assessment visit to the temporary site, located along Gwoza-Mubi highway.