NTOTROSO COLLEGE OF NURSING SACKS 6 STUDENTS

From: Michael Sarpong MFUM, Ntotroso

 

The Principal of Ntotroso College of Nursing in the Asutifi District of the Brong Ahafo Region, Alhaji Abdul Karim Boakye-Yiadom has noted that the school’s quest to produced qualified nurses it has mapped out strategy to flush out students with forged certificates.

Alhaji Abdul Karim Boakye Yiadom speaking at the launch of the biennial Apomasu Festival of the chiefs and people of Ntotroso said the school has a good collaboration with the West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) which is helping to identify students with forged certificates. So far the school has sacked six students with forged certificates.

Alhaji Boakye-Yiadom noted that the school is tightening its admission process so that students with forged certificates would not get admission whiles those with good results are rather denied.

The Principal revealed that the students that were sacked brought in computer generated certificates and called on prospective candidates who want to apply to enroll into the school not allow people to generate certificates for them though their grades are not good because they would verify all certificates at WAEC which would expose them.

He revealed that the two-year old school is facing many challenges and needs urgent attention.

“We are facing many challenges as a school, there is no vehicle to convey the students for clinical, because the school is not walled the students live in fear because of their security water cannot be left out of the problem, " Alhaji Boakye-Yiadom.

Majority of the staff of the school are not on government payroll because of the frozen of employment.

He called on government to come to the aid of the school to help reduce the numerous challenges with security and staffing as major ones.