Restoration of nursing trainees allowance has affected enrollment in private nursing schools - Royal Ann Nursing President

 Government has been asked to consider extending the Nursing trainee allowance to cover private nursing institutions, as they pay a quota to the development of the Nation. 


According to the President of Royal Ann Nursing Training College, Mr. Richard Aboagye, the restoration of the Nurses Trainee allowance has adversely affected enrollment in the private nursing schools.

He said this in an interview with the Media during the 8th graduation and Matriculation ceremony of the Royal Ann Nursing training college at Abuakwa Manhyia in the Ashanti Region.

He stressed that people have prefared to be enrolled in the public nursing training institutions whiles those who were enrolled in the private ones are withdrawing themselves to the public ones in order to enjoy the allowance, a situation he said has been affecting their activities.

"We have a big challenge of widrawing of students from the private nursing schools. Even third year students are leaving to start as form one students in the public Nursing institutions because of the allowance", He added.

Government in fulfilment of its promise during the 2016 campaign ahead of the elections launched the restoration of the Nurses Trainee allowance on September 2017 in Sunyani.

However, heads of private Nursing training institutions have expressed concerns for not being included in the allowance.

Mr. Richard Aboagye has been one of the many Heads of Private Nusing institutions who are advocating for their institutions to be enrolled in the allowance list.

Speaking about the school, Mr. Richard indicated that the school commenced activities in the year 2010 with Health Care Assistant as the only program and later added Medeical Laboritiry Technology to improve their standard.

He noted that the school currently offers four programs which are Nurwsing, Midwifery, Dispensing Technology and Pharmaceutical Scientist.

"The school is seven years old and all these programs were launched in the school within our seven years on existance".

According to him, their motive of setting up the school was to support the government achieve its mandate, as the government cannot do it all alone.

He said there is no fear of enrolling in the school because they have passed through all the neccessary steps to ensure the genuinty of the school.

"We have aquired an accreditation from the Natonal accreditation board, Nursing and Midwifery council, Allied Health Profession Council and the Pharmacy Council. Every program offered here has its own professional body".

According to him, 25 Nurses and 18 midwives were graduated in the 2017 graduation year whilst some 153 others were matriculated into the school.

The event was graced by authorities from the Nationa accreditation board as well as parents who stormed the school to join their children to make the occassion an outstanding one.

The 43 graduands were awarded a diploma in Registered general Nursing to attest their graduation.

Story by: Eric Boakye