40-acres for Nkawkaw Nurses’ School

A Section of the College

The Holy Family Nurses’ Training College at Nkawkaw in the Koforidua Diocese has received a major boost to expand its facilities to train more Nurses to provide care to sick in the country.

This was as a result of Nana Effah Opinamang III, Obominghene’s recent donation of 40 plots of land for the relocation and expansion of the School’s facilities, near the Nkawkaw by-pass of the Accra-Kumasi highway.

Madam Pomah

Madam Olivia Pomah, Principal of the School, who expressed delight and appreciation to the Chief and people for the gift, noted that plans were afoot to develop the parcel of land.

She conveyed her gratitude during the recent World Day of the Sick held at the School’s premises and called on stakeholders to support the expansion project of the school.

She envisaged that the fruition of project, will enable the College to admit more students, desiring to acquire skills in modern nursing practice.

The Principal advised qualified applicants who to desire to receive training at the College to buy Ministry of Health Scratch Card at the Agriculture Development Bank or at the Ghana Commercial Bank and apply online.

She stated that selection of qualified candidates in to the College was based on merits, adding that successful candidates with the right good grades, who passed a pre-interview exam and an interview will be admitted.

To Catholic facilities willing to sponsor and assist candidates at the College, she advised them to do so after the candidate have gone through the process and secured admission into the College first.  

She noted that to ensure excellent academic records of student, the College has introduced measures to enhance teaching and learning so that the students are not just the best in academics but well formed to take the challenges and demands of the nursing profession.

Most Rev. Joseph Afrifah-Agyekum, Bishop of Koforidua in a remark also thanked Nana Effah Opinamang for his generosity and pledged that the land would be put to judicious use.

The Chief who chaired the function, commended the Church for her role in the healthcare delivering in the country, appealing to the Government to commit more resources to sustained provision of healthcare and other essential amenities for the wellbeing of the people.

The College, a quasi-private one established in 1974, by the Catholic Church, has over the years trained thousands who are in active service in many health facilities within and beyond the borders of Ghana.

Currently the college runs Diploma in Registered General Nursing, in affiliation with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, which is accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the National Accreditation Board.