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- The Presbyterian Nursing and Midwifery Training College is a Christian Health Association Christian based College which was conceived by the Basel Mission now Presbyterian Church of Ghana as a response to the challenges presented by the demand for Professional Nurses in Africa, the perceived lowering of academic standards, and the erosion of moral and ethical values of the African continent.
Starting in 1936, Presbyterian Nursing and Midwifery Training College has been accredited by the National Accreditation Board (NAB) to run Diploma in Registered General Nursing, Registered Midwifery and Post NAC/NAP Midwifery programmes all on its campus. The College is affiliated to Kwame University of Science and Technology in Kumasi (KNUST) for the Registered General Nursing and Registered Midwifery Programmes and University of Cape Coast (UCC) for the Post NAC/NAP Midwifery programme. These Institutions shall be overseeing the growth and academic activities of the College and jointly award a diploma certificate to students.
The College was established by the Swiss Missionaries in March 1936 as the first Mission Nursing Training College in Ghana. The College started with a 2year practical training for nurses. In 1939 however, training of nurses was interrupted by the second world war. The College reopened in 1945 to continue the training of nurses.
In 1950, the college started the Qualified Registered Nursing course (QRN) in line with standards set by the Nurses’ Board of Gold Coast. By 1968, the College had trained 184 QRNs who had passed their examinations. The concentrated State Registered Nursing (SRN) course started in 1966 and the straight SRN started in 1972 and ended in 2001(this program was intended to bring the QRNs to the level of SRN). The enrolled nursing program was being concurrently run with the SRN from 1967 to 1983 and this was a result of the Ministry of Health phasing out the training of the QRNs.
In the pursuance of the training of SRNs, CHAG asked the college to train SRNs for all church institutions in Ghana. Sister VreniFiechner carried the main responsibility for the training of the SRNs for the church institutions.
In the years 1962-1964, a major building programme financed jointly by the Ghanaian and Swiss governments, accommodation for 76 pupil nurses was built along with the facilities needed for teaching, lecture rooms, a library, a kitchen and a dining hall.
Between 1972 and 1988 based on the recommendation of CHAG the college became ecumenical enterprise. The formal opening ceremony for the Ecumenical Nurses’ Training College was held on 31st March, 1973 and the ceremony was chaired by Nana Otumfou Opoku Ware II, and some of the dignitaries who were at the ceremony were the Health Minister represented by the DMS, Dr. MD Baidoo, the Swiss Ambassador by Mr. Vettavarlia.
- The following are Principals who have overseen the smooth running of this institution over the years
- 1. Sr. Vreni Fiechter [1951 - 1969] |
2. Mr. George Kwasi Agbenyikey [1969 - 1981]
3. Mrs. Matilda Hilda Mensah [1982 - 1989]
4. Mrs. Cornelia Amoateng [1989 - 2001]
5. Mrs. Doreen Ayensu [2002 - 2007]
6. Mrs. Agartha Ekuban (Acting) [2007 - 2009]
7. Mrs. Florence Gyang Annan [2010 - 2019]
8. Mrs. Carol Boateng [2019 - To date]
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The institution is under the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) and trains nurses for CHAG, private and government institutions.
