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Nursing and Midwifery Training College, Korle-Bu
The Nursing and Midwifery Training College, Korle Bu (abbreviated as NMTC Korle Bu or Korle Bu NMTC) is a public health training institution in Korle Bu, Accra. Founded in 1945, Korle-Bu NMTC is the premier institution in Ghana for nursing education. The establishment of the College in 1945 was supervised by Agnes Yewande Savage. The Ministry of Health, Ghana (MoH) through the Health Training Institutions Secretariat (HTIS) oversee or supervises the activities of the College. The Nursing and Midwifery Training College, Korle Bu is affiliated with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and it is accredited by the National Accreditation Board (NAB) with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, Ghana (N&MC) regulating its activities, curriculum and examinations that lead to the award of professional licensing. The council's mandate is derived from Part Three of the Health Professions Regulatory Bodies Act, 2013 (Act 857). Until the passage of this Act, the council operated under NRCD 117 of 1972 and LI 683 of 1971.

Organisation and administration
The College has a Governing Body called the Board. Its function among others, are to control, manage and administer the finances and properties of the College.

The administrative head of NMTC, Korle Bu is its Principal and Vice Principal. The Ministry of Health, Ghana, through the Health Training Institutions Secretariat appoints the Principal. The Principal is answerable to the Governing Board of the College and is the academic and administrative head and chief disciplinary officer of the College. The Principal holds office for a period of up to four years and is eligible for re-appointment for another term only.

The Vice Principal of NMTC, Korle Bu is also appointed by the Health Training Institutions Secretariat on the recommendation of the Appointments Committee. The Vice Principal holds office for a term of three years and is eligible for re-appointment for a further term of up to three years. The primary functions of the Vice Principal are determine by the Governing Council. She also perform any other functions that the Principal may assign her. The Vice Principal of the College act in the absence of the Principal.

The College has an Academic Board that formulate its academic policy. The Board generally regulate examinations in the College.

The membership on the Academic Board are as follows:


 * Principal, the chairperson
 * Vice Principal
 * College Librarian
 * Heads of Departments, Deans/Directors
 * Dean of students
 * The Quality Assurance Officer
 * 2 Tutors/Research Fellows elected by convocation
 * The Registrar, who is the Secretary to the Board.

Academics
There are two (2) main programmes run at NMTC Korle Bu, namely the Registered General Nursing (RGN) programme and the Registered Midwifery (RM) programme. There are various departments under each faculty.

The departments under the RGN programme include:


 * Medical-Surgical Nursing
 * Public Health Nursing
 * Obstetrics Nursing
 * Paediatrics Nursing
 * Psychiatric Nursing and
 * Allied Nursing

The departments under the RM programme include:


 * Obstetric Nursing
 * Medical-Surgical Nursing
 * Neonatal paediatric Nursing
 * Family Planning
 * Prenatal Nursing
 * Labour
 * Puerperium and
 * Allied Midwifery

RGN programme
NMTC Korle Bu’s curriculum has continued to evolve in response to the changing health needs of society. The RGN programme is for six semesters, leading to the award of a Diploma in Registered General Nursing.

The programme demands a continuous assessment of students throughout the semesters. Students are assessed on their performance in class tests, mid-semester and end of semester examinations in both theory and clinical practice.

RM programme
The Registered Midwifery Programme is a Diploma Programme open only to female students. The RM programme is arranged semester by semester. It is also a six-semester course structure.

Mission
The mission of the College is to produce qualified professional nurses and midwives who will contribute creditably to the health care delivery in Ghana and the global village through promotive, preventive, and curative services.

Vision
The vision of NMTC Korle Bu is to provide healthcare to all people in Ghana and the global community.

Goal
The goal of the college is to produce qualified professionals through excellent teaching, research, and the dissemination of knowledge.

History
The Nursing and Midwifery Training College, Korle Bu, is the premier institution in Ghana for nursing education. The College as it is currently constituted is a merger between Nurses’ Training College and Midwifery Training School. The Nurses’ Training College was established in the then Gold Coast, with the aim of producing high calibre local nurses to replace the foreign ones who were manning the newly established hospitals. The Midwifery Training School was also open by the government at that time upon the recommendation of a committee it set up in 1917, to investigate the causes of high mortality among infants in the then Gold Coast.

Established
The college was established in 1945, with Agnes Yewande Savage, the first West African woman to train and qualify in orthodox medicine as its co-founder. A ward of the Nurses' Training School at Korle Bu was named in her honour.

The College as it is currently constituted is a merger between Nurses’ Training College and Midwifery Training School. Until January 2nd, 2008, NMTC Korle Bu operated as separate training institutions, that is, Nurses’ Training College and Midwifery Training School, with two principals. On January 2nd, 2008, in line with a Ministry of Health Policy, the two institutions were merged with one principal as the administrative head.

Nurses’ Training College
The College was established in 1945 as the first State Registered Nurses' Training College (or State Registered Nursing (SRN)) institution in the then Gold Coast, with the aim of producing high calibre local nurses to replace the foreign ones who were manning the newly established hospitals.

Midwifery Training School
The Midwifery Training School was open upon the recommendation of a committee set up in 1917 by the government at that time, to investigate the causes of high mortality among infants. The Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) as far back as 1917 was 290 per 1,000 live births. As a result of this, the government in 1927 selected two (2) districts in Accra, James Town and Christiansburg, to start domiciliary midwifery in Ghana. Two African midwives: Cole Benjamin and John Williams trained in England were employed to work at these midwifery homes.

The first batch of trained midwives took their final examination in 1930. All the midwives who qualified from 1930 to 1932 were issued with their certificate in 1932 when the first midwives ordinance was passed and the Central Midwives Board was constituted.

Until January 2nd, 2008, in line with a Ministry of Health Policy, the two institutions: Nurses’ Training College and Midwifery Training School, were merged with one principal as the administrative head.