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. |
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
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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?