Other name | KNMTC |
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Former names | Nurses' and Midwifery Training College, Kumasi |
Motto | Enter to learn, Go out to serve |
Type | Public Tertiary Health Institution |
Established | 1957 |
Academic affiliations | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |
Principal | Joana Owusu Danso |
Location | , , Ghana 6°41′32″N 1°37′58″W / 6.6921°N 1.6329°W |
Website | nmtcksi |
The Kumasi Nurses' Training College, now Kumasi Nursing and Midwifery Training College is public tertiary health institution in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.[1][2] The college is in the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly.[3] The school is located at the premises of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi.
Kumasi Nursing and Midwifery Training College was founded in 1957 by the Medical Mission Sisters of the Kumasi Church.[4] The school offers two Basic Diploma Programs, Nursing and midwifery. Affiliated to the second biggest health facility in the country, the college provides high standard theoretical and clinical coursework in all the aspects of diploma standard general nursing and midwifery. The activities of the institution is supervised by the Ministry of Health. The college now awards direct diploma Diploma in Nursing and Midwifery after students from the institution have successfully completed a three-year training programme. The institution is accredited by the National Accreditation Board.[5] The Nurses and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the main body that regulates the activities, curriculum and examination of the school. The council's mandate Is enshrined under section 4(1) of N.R.C.D 117.[6]
The programmes offered in this institution are divided into three: