For the first time in 45 years, the Schools of Nursing and Midwifery in Ogun State have been awarded full accreditation by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN).
This was disclosed on Wednesday by the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, at a press conference that the feat was recorded based on the tenacity and determination of the Prince Dapo Abiodun led -government to provide qualitative education.
She also added that the schools would soon be awarding Ordinary National Diploma and Higher National Diploma (HND) award institution.
Coker said the nomenclature of the schools would be changed to Ogun State School of Nursing Sciences, following the approval of NMCN for the schools to go collegiate.
The Commissioner said that the NMCN accreditation team visited the schools in Abeokuta, Ijebu-Ode and Ilaro in July 2021 following the expiration of the provisional accreditation by the Council in 2017 and 2019.
Coker said, “There are ongoing efforts with the Ministry of Education to conclude the approval of the National Board of Technical Education (NBTE) which will enable the college to award Ordinary National Diploma and Higher National Diploma (OND/HND) academic certificates to students.
“Our Schools of Nursing and Midwifery are among the most sought after in Nigeria and our graduates have enviable records of excellence in various parts of the country with high recruitment rate in the Diaspora.
“Nonetheless, the Ogun State Schools of Nursing and Midwifery in its 45 years of existence has been working towards full accreditation to no avail.
“The various accreditation exercises carried out by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) in the past had ended in partial accreditation as necessary infrastructure was absent.”
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