Nursing Training College Admission Requirements for the 2025/2026 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 fulfill the requirements before putting in an application online.
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. |
119 comments
Please can a business student apply for nurses training?
Please I got
English _c6
Math_ c4
Social_c4
Science_D7
Government_c6
Twi_B3
Literature_c5
History_c5
Can I offer General nursing or midwifery at any nursing training college
I had
English C6
Social studies B3
Core mathematics C6
Science C6
General agriculture C6
Animal husbandry C6
Elective mathematics D7
Chemistry D7
Can I apply for nursing training?
Yes please
Can I still apply for admission please
Please notify me when the nursing forms are out
Please when is the interview coming on
Please when is the nursing training admission starting
I had all my core subject with three electives but failed in biology can I offer midwifery
Please notify me when the nursing forms are out
Pls I am a home economics student and I passed my science and food and nutrition
GKA
And had D7 in core math can I apply to Nusing
Please I had
Core maths E8
English D7
Science C6
Elective maths C6
EconsC6
Geography C6
Can I apply for general nursing
Layout results
Social studies B2
English language D 7
C maths B3
Int science B2
Economics B2
Geography B2
Government B2
Elective Maty A1
Am i qualified to offer general nursing?
Please where and when would I have access to the admission form
Please if I may ask, I got 6B’s,1A (e maths) and D7 English language. Can I apply for nursing? And if yes where could I have access to the admission form
I didn’t get my science and social can I apply?
And is the nursing forms still on sale? If yes then please try and see
But I doubt , because it’s three(3) core; English, Maths and Science
Am Deborah I didn’t get science and social can I apply?
Pls I offered home economics(clothing and textiles)can I apply for auxilliary.G.K.A Mangement and living Economics and Clothing and textiles were my electives
Please I got,
Social studies:B3
English E8
Science C6
Maths F9
Government D7
CRS D7
Akuapem Twi C5
Please can I get certificate nursing admission .
No because of your core-maths
Pls i did general Acts can i apply for general nursing in degree program?
Please can I offer NAC with the ff.
English C
Science D
Maths E
Social studies C
Fante B
Literature-In-English C
Economics D
Could I get the chance to pursue nursing courses because I am general arts student without elective mathematics.
Pls I passed all exception of English which I had d7 .
Can I pursue diploma in general nursing
Please when will be the closing date for the nursing and midwifery training college 2020/2021
Pls I passed all the core plus two elective bu I had f9 in the elective can I apply for nursing?
Pls how can I apply?
Nd wen WL 2020 form be out
Please my science was cancelled but I had aggregate 8. Will I get admission?
I was a general act student please can I have a chance to go nursing training
I passed in all the core subjects .I had B3 in e-maths and D7 in physics ,Biology and E8 in Chemistry. Please can I get admission?
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