You will soon need a degree to get a nursing job - Health minister
- Nurses will soon need a university degree
- Soon it will be a minimum requirement, said the Deputy Health Minister
- The announcement comes amid rising unemployment in Ghana
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The Ministry of Health said that health training institutes at all levels will soon be upgraded to provide 4-year undergraduate degree programs to meet the changing health care needs of the country.
According to Hannah Aqua Operabia Aqua, Rector of the College of Nursing and Midwifery, the idea is to phase out diploma and certificate holders and see to it that the bachelor's degree is the minimum qualification for practicing nurses and midwives.
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She was speaking on behalf of Health Minister Kwaku Agaman-Manu at the 14th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the COHHETI Conference of Heads of Health Training Institutions in Koforidua, Eastern Province.
To achieve this success, there must be broad-based stakeholder consultation and engagement to develop a policy that makes all health training a fully tertiary institution, ”she explained.
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In his remarks, Dr. Winfred Ofosu, Eastern Regional Director of Ghana Health Services, who chaired the conference, praised the sterling leadership skills of health training school heads despite the high demand for admission of nurses and midwives.
Recognizing the lack of infrastructure and learning, Dr. Ofos was impressed by how well the principals used IGF to improve their schools.
Source: YEN.com.gh
