{"id":268258,"date":"2016-11-15T09:30:20","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T09:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=268258"},"modified":"2016-11-15T09:30:20","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T09:30:20","slug":"zuarungu-nursing-training-college-appeals-for-more-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/zuarungu-nursing-training-college-appeals-for-more-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"Zuarungu Nursing Training College appeals for more infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Principal of Zuarungu Nursing Training College, \u00a0Michael Yidana Mantamia, has appealed to government for more infrastructure to improve teaching and learning in the school.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Yidana disclosed this at the school&#8217;s 10th Anniversary celebration at\u00a0Zuarungu in the Upper East Region on the theme: &#8220;Good Health, Sustainability Peace and Discipline; The Role of Stakeholders&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to Mr. Yidana, the school needs a dining hall complex, an auditorium, an ICT laboratory, and a laboratory equipment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161111_1040071-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-268288\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161111_1040071-1.jpg\" alt=\"img_20161111_1040071\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The school also needs staff accommodation, a library, clinical sites and an urgent need in getting financial clearance for more lecturers and temporal workers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Yidana echoed the impact of lack of students&#8217; hostel on academic work, saying &#8220;90 percent of our students stay out of campus, you can imagine the implications on discipline.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The college, which started in November 2006 as Health Assistants Clinical (HAC) with 50 students, now has a student population of 906 students, comprising 386 males and 520 females.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161111_1041031-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-268290\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_20161111_1041031-2.jpg\" alt=\"img_20161111_1041031\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The school amidst the numerous challenges, has consistently recorded high pass rate for the past three years, being 96.3% in 2014, 98.6% in 2015, and 99.7% in 2016 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>On his his part, the Deputy Upper East Regional Minister, Dr. Robert Baba Kuganab-Lem, said government has initiated measures to address some of the challenges of the school, adding that, the contracts have been awarded and very soon the contractors will start work.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Government is currently funding the construction of 2-storey 12-unit classroom block, a single storey dormitory, dining hall with kitchen, and a mechanized borehole, to provide decent study environment for students and tutors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kuganab-Lem impressed on trainee nurses, to take advantage of government incentive packages, for health professionals who accept postings to rural and deprived communities.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kuganab-Lem admonished trainee nurses to see peace as a pre-requisite for national development and conduct themselves lawfully for a peaceful election in December.<\/p>\n<p>The President of the school&#8217;s Student Representative Council (SRC), Awuni Peter, appealed to landlords to reduce the exorbitant rent between GHc40 to GHc70, being charged, adding that, not all students are able to afford.<\/p>\n<p>He also called on government to urgently restore the trainee nurses allowance to support their education.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Frederick Awuni\/Citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Principal of Zuarungu Nursing Training College, \u00a0Michael Yidana Mantamia, has appealed to government for more infrastructure to improve teaching and learning in the school. 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