New: Nursing And Midwifery Training College Admission Requirements 2024 - Check & Apply
By Isabella Wilson
The Ministry of Health has officially released the Nursing And Midwifery Training College Admission Requirements and subsequently the online admissions portal for the Nursing And Midwifery Training College Application Forms. Application are therefore officially invited from qualified candidates for entry into any of the Public Health Training Institutions in Ghana.
Diploma Programmes
Diploma Nursing programmes offered in Health Training Institutions are as follows:
- Registered General Nursing
- Registered Mental Nursing
- Registered Midwifery (Females only)
- Registered Community Health Nursing
Post Basic Programmes (BSc)
Requirements for qualification to post basic nursing and midwifery programmes vary according to the programme of study.
Programme specific requirements are given in Table 7 below.
Age: Not more than50 years, Subject to medical fitness
Programme Specific Requirements for Post Basic programmes
| PROGRAMME | SERVICE REQUIREMENT | QUALIFICATION REQ | ||||
| Peri-Operative Nursing | a. | Mandatory one year | RGN | |||
| Critical Care Nursing | rotation/internship/national service | RMN | ||||
| ENT Nursing | b. Three years’ experience in a relevant | RM | ||||
| Ophthalmic | Basic area OR two years’ work | RCN | ||||
| experience upon a request from a | ||||||
| (BSc) | facility after internship. | |||||
| Public Health Nursing | a. | Mandatory one year | RGN | |||
| rotation/internship/national service | RMN | |||||
| b. Three years’ experience in a relevant | RM | |||||
| (BSc) | Basic area OR twoyears’ work | RCN | ||||
| experience upon a request from a | ||||||
| facility after internship. | ||||||
| Post Basic Midwifery | a. At least three (3) years’ experience in a | Community Health Nurse | ||||
| relevant Auxiliary area. | Health Assistant Clinical | |||||
| Anesthesiology (BSc) | a. At least one year | General Nurse | ||||
| rotation/internship/national service | Mental Nurse | |||||
| b. Two years’ experience in a relevant | Midwife | |||||
| Basic area OR one year work | Registered Community Health Nurse | |||||
| experience upon a request from a | ||||||
| facility after internship. | ||||||
| BSc Environmental Health | a. Products from Accra School of | d. | Possess Diploma in | |||
| Hygiene. | Environmental Health from | |||||
| b. Foreigners with HND Diploma | KNUST, Kumasi | |||||
| c. WASSCE students with Pure | e. | Possess WAHEB/GHAHEB | ||||
| Science (Physics, Chemistry, | Pure Science WASSCE | |||||
| Biology) | ||||||
ALLIED HEALTH PROGRAMMES
Certificate Programmes
- Environmental Health (HO AND TAMALE SCHOOL OF HYGIENE)
Requirements for Certificate Programmes
| ENTRY REQUIREMENTS | ||
| WASSCE | SSSCE | |
| Age | 18 – 35 years | |
| Overall Aggregate | A cut off aggregate score of Forty Eight | A cutoff aggregate score of Thirty Six |
| (48) or better in six subjects, comprising | (36) or better in six subjects, | |
| 3 core and 3 elective | comprising 3 core and 3 elective | |
| Core Subjects and Minimum | AT LEAST credits(A1-E8) in three core | AT LEAST Passes (A-E) in three core |
| Grades | subjects | subjects |
| i.e. English, Mathematics and | i.e English, Mathematics and | |
| Integrated Science. | Integrated Science. | |
| Elective Subjects and Minimum | AT LEAST passes (A1-E8) in three | AT LEAST passes (A-E) in three |
| Grades | Elective subjects | Elective subjects |
