Kumasi Nurses and Midwifery Training School

Kumasi Nurses and Midwifery Training College
Former names
 Kumasi Nurses' Training College
Motto Before you learn to care, you must care to learn
Type Public Tertiary Health Institution
Established 1957
Principal Issac Amoasi
Location Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana
6°41′32″N 1°37′58″W / 6.6921015°N 1.63288594°W / 6.6921015; -1.63288594Coordinates: 6°41′32″N 1°37′58″W / 6.6921015°N 1.63288594°W / 6.6921015; -1.63288594
Affiliations Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
Website kgnursingcollege.webs.com

The Kumasi Nurses' Training College, now Kumasi Nursing and Midwifery Training College is public tertiary health institution in the Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[1][2] The college is in the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly.[3] The school is located at the premises of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi.

Brief History

Kumasi Nursing and Midwifery Training College was founded in 1957 by the Medical Mission Sisters of the Kumasi Church, NMTC has consistently maintained its identity as a Catholic institution to the present day. The college's commitment to discipline and academic excellence is reflected in its motto: 'Before you learn to care, you must care to learn.'[4] Currently, the school offers two Basic Diploma Programs, Nursing and midwifery. Affiliated to the second biggest health facility in the country, the college provides high standard theoretical and clinical coursework in all the aspects of diploma standard general nursing and midwifery. The activities of the institution is supervised by the Ministry of Education. The college now awards direct diploma Diploma in Nursing and Midwifery after students from the institution have successfully completed a three-year training programme. The institution is accredited by the National Accreditation Board.[5] The Nurses and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the main body that regulates the activities, curriculum and examination of the school. The Council's mandate Is enshrined under section 4(1) of N.R.C.D 117.[6]

Academic Programmes

The programmes offered in this institution are divided into three:

Basic Programmes

Post Basic Programmes

Certificate Programmes

References

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  1. ↑ "Polytechnics in Ghana". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "List of Nursing Training Colleges". www.ghananursing.org. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  3. ↑ "Ghana Schools Online". www.ghanaschoolsonline.com. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  4. ↑ "Welcome to the Kumasi Girl's Nursing Training College". Kumasi Girl's Nursing Training College. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Public Nurses' Training Colleges 2". www.nab.gov.gh. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  6. ↑ "GHANA TO TRAIN MORE NURSES FOR HER NEEDS AND EXPORT". www.modernghana.com. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  7. 1 2 3 "Kumasi Nurses' Training College". Ghana Schools Online. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
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