Ƙungiyar tsofaffin ɗaliban makarantar Government Day Secondary School (GDSS) Kofar Yandaka, Katsina, wato KOYDOBA, rukunin shekarar 1985, a ranar Lahadi, 28 ga Disamba, 2025, ta gudanar da bikin cika shekaru 40 da kammala karatu tare da gagarumin taron sada zumunci da tattara kuɗaɗe domin tallafa wa ayyukan bunƙasa makarantar.

Taron, wanda mahalarta suka bayyana a matsayin na musamman kuma mafi girma da aka taɓa yi, ya wuce taron zumunci na shekara-shekara zuwa dandalin ƙarfafa taimakon juna tsakanin mambobi da kuma ba da gudunmawa ga ci gaban makarantar da suka fito.

Da yake jawabin maraba, Shugaban rukunin shekarar 1985, Alhaji Abdulganiyu Abdu, ya bayyana bikin a matsayin ba wai taron raha kaɗai ba, illa wani mataki na ƙarfafa haɗin kai, taimaka wa mambobin da ke fama da rashin lafiya, da kuma magance muhimman buƙatun makarantar.

Shugaban makarantar na yanzu, Malam Salisu Tanimu Rafindadi, ya yaba wa ƙungiyar bisa jajircewarta da haɗin kai, tare da bayyana wasu manyan ƙalubale da ke buƙatar tallafi domin inganta koyarwa da koyo a makarantar.

Tsohon Shugaban makarantar a shekarun 1980s kuma Shugaban taron, Alhaji Haruna Dalhatu Sarkin Zango, ya tuna da lokacin jagorancinsa, inda ya nuna godiya ga Allah da ya nuna masa wannan rana, tare da tuna abokan aiki da tsofaffin ɗaliban da ba su rayu har zuwa wannan lokaci ba.

An karrama manyan baki da dama a taron, ciki har da Mai Martaba Sarkin Katsina, Dr. Abdulmumini Kabir Usman, da Gwamnan Jihar Katsina, Malam Dikko Umar Radda. An kuma ƙaddamar da littafin tunawa da ya ƙunshi bayanan dukkan mambobin rukunin shekarar 1985, wanda Hon. Aliyu Abubakar Albaba, ɗan Majalisar Dokokin Jihar Katsina, ya ƙaddamar a madadin babban mai ƙaddamarwa, Alhaji Dahiru Barau Mangal, yayin da Alhaji Muhammad Usman Sarki ya kasance mai ƙaddamarwa na biyu.

Wakilin Kwamishinan Ilimi na Jihar Katsina, Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman Jibiya, ya tabbatar wa mahalarta cewa Gwamna Dikko Umar Radda ya amince da shirye-shiryen gyaran makarantar tare da samar da muhimman kayayyakin more rayuwa. Haka kuma, Injiniya Muttaqa Rabe Darma ya ƙaddamar da kundin hotuna na tunawa, tare da bayar da kundin ga mutane 100.

Sauran manyan baki da suka halarta sun haɗa da Hajiya Jummai, Nura Faranto, Abu Ali, Shehu Abdullahi, Alhaji Adamu Lamama, Yusuf Nuhu Tafashiya, da sauran jama’a.

An kafa Government Day Secondary School (GDSS) Kofar Yandaka, Katsina a watan Satumba na shekarar 1977 ta hannun tsohuwar Gwamnatin Jihar Kaduna, a ƙarƙashin mulkin soja na Air Vice Marshal Mukhtar Muhammad. An kafa makarantar tare da wasu makarantun sakandare na rana guda huɗu domin shawo kan matsalolin da ke fuskantar ilimin sakandare, musamman raguwar inganci, inda aka tsara tsarin karatu daidai da na makarantun kwana domin faɗaɗa damar samun ilimi.

Da farko, kasancewarta ta farko irinta a Katsina ya haifar da shakku daga al’umma, sai dai ta hanyar haɗin kai tsakanin shugabannin makaranta, Ƙungiyar Iyaye da Malamai (PTA), da Ma’aikatar Ilimi, makarantar ta samu karɓuwa a faɗin jihar. Daga ɗalibai kusan 115 a farkon kafuwarta, GDSS Kofar Yandaka ta bunƙasa zuwa makaranta mai ɗalibai daga birnin Katsina, ƙauyukan da ke kewaye, har ma da wasu sassan  tsohuwar Jihar Kaduna.

Makarantar ta yi fice a fannonin ilimi da wasanni, ciki har da Ranar Rabon Kyaututtuka, Gasar Tambayoyi (Quiz), shirye-shiryen Class PREP, da Cross Country, tare da wasanni kamar ƙwallon ƙafa, kwallon kwando, hockey, volleyball, lawn tennis, da handball. A shekarar 1983, ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafar makarantar ta doke GSS Dutsin-Ma da ci 2–1, abin da ya yaɗa sunan makarantar a faɗin jihar da ƙasa baki ɗaya. Haka kuma, a shekarar 1988, makarantar ta samu mafi kyawun sakamakon jarabawar GCE a Jihar Katsina.

A tsawon shekaru, GDSS Kofar Yandaka ta samar da ƙwararru da dama a fannoni daban-daban na Gwamnatin Tarayya, Jiha da Ƙananan Hukumomi, ciki har da ilimi, lafiya, tsaro, injiniya, kafofin watsa labarai, sufurin jiragen sama, harkokin kuɗi, kasuwanci, da sauran su.

Bikin cika shekaru 40 ya ƙara tabbatar da ƙudirin tsofaffin ɗaliban na ci gaba da kare wannan gado ta hanyar ɗorewar tallafi da saka hannun jari a fannin ilimi.