Nursing Training College Admission Requirements 2024/2025
Nursing Training College Admission Requirements for the 2024/2025 academic year. Below are the admission requirements for all nursing training colleges across Ghana. These requirements for the various programmes are to serve as a guide in the application process.
All interested applicants are to read through carefully making sure that they fulfil the requirements before putting in an application online.
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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR NURSING PROGRAMMES
Auxiliary Programmes
- Community Health Nursing (CHN)
- Health Assistant Clinical (HAC)
Requirements for Auxiliary Programmes
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS | ||
WASSCE | SSSCE | |
Age | 18 – 35 years | |
Overall Aggregate | A cutoff aggregate score of Forty Eight | A cutoff aggregate score of Thirty |
(48) or better in six subjects, comprising | (30) or better in six subjects, | |
3 core and 3 elective | comprising 3 core and 3 elective | |
Core Subjects and Minimum | AT LEAST credits(A1-E8) in three core | AT LEAST Passes (A-E) in three core |
Grades | subjects | subjects |
i.e. English, Mathematics and | i.e English, Mathematics and | |
Integrated Science. | Integrated Science. | |
Elective Subjects and Minimum | AT LEAST passes (A1-E8) in three | AT LEAST passes (A-E) in three |
Grades | Elective subjects | Elective subjects |
Diploma Programmes
Diploma Nursing programmes offered in Health Training Institutions are as follows:
- Registered General Nursing
- Registered Mental Nursing
- Registered Midwifery (Females only)
- Registered Community Health Nursing
Requirements for Basic Nursing Programmes
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
WASSCE | SSCE | ||||
Age | 18 – 35 years | ||||
Overall Aggregate | An aggregate score of thirty (30) or better | An aggregate score of Twenty Four | |||
in six subjects, comprising 3 core and 3 | (24) or better in six subjects, | ||||
elective | comprising 3 core and 3 elective | ||||
Core Subjects and Minimum | Credits (A1 – C6) in three Core Subjects i.e. | Credits (A– D) in three Core Subjects | |||
Grades | English, Mathematics and Integrated | i.e. English, Mathematics and | |||
Science. | Integrated Science. | ||||
Elective Subjects and Minimum | Credits (A1 – C6) in three Elective Subjects. | Credits (A – D) in three Electives | |||
Grades | Subjects. | ||||
Post Basic Programmes (BSc)
Requirements for qualification to post basic nursing and midwifery programmes vary according to the programme of study.
Programme specific requirements are given in Table 7 below.
Age: Not more than 50 years, Subject to medical fitness
Programme Specific Requirements for Post Basic programmes
PROGRAMME | SERVICE REQUIREMENT | QUALIFICATION REQ | ||||||
Peri-Operative Nursing | a. | Mandatory one year | RGN | |||||
Critical Care Nursing | rotation/internship/national service | RMN | ||||||
ENT Nursing | b. Three years’ experience in a relevant | RM | ||||||
Ophthalmic | Basic area OR two years’ work | RCN | ||||||
experience upon a request from a | ||||||||
(BSc) | facility after internship. | |||||||
Public Health Nursing | a. | Mandatory one year | RGN | |||||
rotation/internship/national service | RMN | |||||||
b. Three years’ experience in a relevant | RM | |||||||
(BSc) | Basic area OR twoyears’ work | RCN | ||||||
experience upon a request from a | ||||||||
facility after internship. | ||||||||
Post Basic Midwifery | a. At least three (3) years’ experience in a | Community Health Nurse | ||||||
relevant Auxiliary area. | Health Assistant Clinical | |||||||
Anesthesiology (BSc) | a. At least one year | General Nurse | ||||||
rotation/internship/national service | Mental Nurse | |||||||
b. Two years’ experience in a relevant | Midwife | |||||||
Basic area OR one year work | Registered Community Health Nurse | |||||||
experience upon a request from a | ||||||||
facility after internship. | ||||||||
BSc Environmental Health | a. Products from Accra School of | d. | Possess Diploma in | |||||
Hygiene. | Environmental Health from | |||||||
b. Foreigners with HND Diploma | KNUST, Kumasi | |||||||
c. WASSCE students with Pure | e. | Possess WAHEB/GHAHEB | ||||||
Science (Physics, Chemistry, | Pure Science WASSCE | |||||||
Biology) |
ALLIED HEALTH PROGRAMMES
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Certificate Programmes
- Environmental Health (HO AND TAMALE SCHOOL OF HYGIENE)
Requirements for Certificate Programmes
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS | ||
WASSCE | SSSCE | |
Age | 18 – 35 years | |
Overall Aggregate | A cut off aggregate score of Forty Eight | A cutoff aggregate score of Thirty Six |
(48) or better in six subjects, comprising | (36) or better in six subjects, | |
3 core and 3 elective | comprising 3 core and 3 elective | |
Core Subjects and Minimum | AT LEAST credits(A1-E8) in three core | AT LEAST Passes (A-E) in three core |
Grades | subjects | subjects |
i.e. English, Mathematics and | i.e English, Mathematics and | |
Integrated Science. | Integrated Science. | |
Elective Subjects and Minimum | AT LEAST passes (A1-E8) in three | AT LEAST passes (A-E) in three |
Grades | Elective subjects | Elective subjects |
Diploma Programmes
- Environmental Health (Diploma)
- Technical Officer (Dental Technology)
- Occupational Therapy
- Physiotherapy
- Community Nutrition
- Health Informatics
- Prosthesis and Orthotic Technology
- Optical Technology
Requirements for Diploma Programmes
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS | ||
WASSCE | SSCE | |
Age | 18 – 35 | years |
Overall Aggregate | An aggregate score of thirty Six (36) | An aggregate score of Twenty Four |
or better in six subjects, comprising 3 | (24) or better in six subjects, | |
core and 3 elective | comprising 3 core and 3 elective | |
Core Subjects and Minimum Grades | Credits (A1 – C6) in three Core | Credits (A– D) in three Core Subjects |
Subjects i.e. English, Mathematics | i.e. English, Mathematics and | |
and Integrated Science. | Integrated Science. | |
Elective Subjects and Minimum Grades | Credits (A1 – C6) in three Elective | Credits (A – D) in three Electives |
Subjects. | Subjects. |
Pls I passed my core subjects, but B3 in e-maths ,( chemistry, biology and physics I got D7) . Can I get admission in nursing?!
Pls I pass all my subjects except English D7 can I offer the diploma program?
Please I got e8 only in economics can I get an admission
Please is can science be replaced by social
Is greater accra nursing training forms out
Please kindly notify me immediately when the nursing forms are ready or out.
Pls I want to know when the nursing forms will be out
please I got d7 in english can I get admission.
Please notify me when the forms are in
Please notify me when the Cape coast nursing forms come
Pls notify me when the forms comes out
Please I offered Agricultural science can I do general nursing
Please I got E8 in Mathematics. Can I offer diploma??
Please is the cape coast nursing and midwifery foams out
Please is the cape coast nursing and midwifery foams out
Please i got F9 in Math can i gain admission in the nursing school
Please l get c6 in science , c5 in maths ,e8 in English can I get an admission to the nursing
When will be 2020 forms be out
Please I passed all my subjects in exception of core mathematics which I got D7 which course can I pursue at the nurses training.
please I got D7 in English, C5 i science, C6 core maths can I apply for for the diploma please
With D7 in any of the core i.e EMS you can’t offer diploma but can go in to offer certificate which is a two years program.
But you can choose to better your results and do the diploma or whilst offering the certificate you can write a Nov/Dec and when you pass, can switch to diploma
I pass all my subjects from B2 to C6 can i offer general nursing
please I pass all my core and the electives I pass only two can I get admission
[25/04 18:31] TRAILER: please i hav pass wit all my core subject….but i did offered visual arts wit a result of ,…….GKA.c6 …..sculpture b3…..and graphic design c6…
[25/04 18:31] TRAILER: please which field of nursing can I choose
Plzzz is cape coast nursing forms out????
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Is tamale nursing training out
can business student admitted into nursing training