The National Board for Technical Education (NBTU) has upgraded its School of Health Science to a College of Health Science and Technology, the registrar of the college has said.
The registrar, of the College Alh Nura Garba, told the Nigerian scale that the NBTE inspected the school’s teaching and non-teaching staff, physical structures and teaching equipment before upgrading it.
“The NBTE has also approved the school to undergo a diploma and Higher National Diploma (HND) of about Nine courses in the college.
“With this development, the state will enhance its healthcare workforce across the 287 political wards and remove areas to address the mortality rate in the state through adequate manpower.
He said the state government has also announced a monthly stipend for students who are indigenous to the state and a subsidy on tuition fees for students from the state.
He explained further that all students of the college from Jigawa state are receiving an assistance of N3,000 monthly stipend as pocket money, adding that students from Jigawa will pay just one school fee while the remaining academic session is tuition-free, the registrar has said.
He, however, explained that the college, which was founded in 1989, was not without its challenges. According to him, the new administration met challenges in the college that need to be addressed to effectively run the health institution.
“The registrar of the college now faces a dearth of female hostels because of the increase in student admissions.
“He testified that one of the female hostels which was constructed in the than old-kano state has a big crack and the college authority has evacuated the students out of it’s to safer buildings and also to saved the students life . Explained that the problem of the student hostel compounded the college’s challenge.
He explained that the college is getting more admissions and this has resulted in more demand of teachers for physical structures to accommodate the new entrance which we believe that the government is adequately responding to them.
“The school’s upgrade was achieved due to the political will of the governor who stood firm in ensuring that the college produced more qualified health workers to address the issue of dearth among women and children’s during labour and also to improve the quality of health service in the state,” the registrar said.
He also appealed to the Jigawa state government to deploy qualified teachers that can teach in the school based on their earlier request to the government, adding that the college is also congratulating the Jigawa state governor for his hundred days in office coming up next month.
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