The Nursing and Midwifery Council (N&MC) of Ghana has indicated it has not released any list of unaccredited schools running Nursing Assistant (HAC), Nursing or Midwifery programmes in the country this year.
In a rejoinder to the publication, ‘Nursing and Midwifery Council Blacklists Unaccredited School’, Registrar of the N&MC, Felix Nyante, stated, “The Nursing and Midwifery Council would like to state that the publication is not factual and carries inaccuracies that has the tendencies of damaging out hard earned reputation and the relationship we have with our stakeholders.”
He said the publication is not the current representation of the lists of unaccredited Nursing and Midwifery Training Institutions in the council’s data base.
“The list of unaccredited schools was published in the Daily Graphic and Ghanaian Times on February 18, 2015. The council has since updated its records of accredited and unaccredited institutions,” Mr Nyante mentioned.
He further explained that Ensign University College of Public Health which was mentioned as one of the unaccredited institutions in the Eastern Region was false, indicating, “We would like to indicate that there is nowhere in our publication of unaccredited schools that Ensign University College of Public Health was mentioned.
Mr Nyante also stressed that the Golden Sunbeam International College of Science and Technology which was included in the list of unaccredited school is one of the schools in the Greater Accra Region which has been accredited by the council to offer Registered General Nursing programme.
Golden Sunbeam
In a follow-up press release to the same publication, the Golden Sunbeam International College of Science and Technology confirmed the statement by the N&MC, indicating, “The general public, especially prospective students, who have visited the first class facilities prepared for nursing training should note that the Golden Sunbeam International College of science and Technology is fully accredited.”
The college received institutional and programme accreditation from the National Accreditation Board (NAB) of Ghana in November, 2015, after a very rigorous process and has been licensed to run its respective courses.
The college is also professionally accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana in December 2015 which also took the college through a very rigorous process.
The college in the release stated that it has gone through a rigorous process with UDS before affiliating to them.
“We wish to assure the general public that the governing council which is made up of eminent citizens of this nation will not sit down to preside over illegalities to be perpetuated by college officials,” E. Ohene-Opare Snr, founder of the college said.
By Jamila Akweley Okertchiri