The management of the Tepa Nursing and Midwifery Training College has drawn a five-year strategic plan to ensure massive infrastructural development.
The plan, which spans 2023 to 2027, is aimed at addressing serious infrastructure challenges facing the College since it was established 14 years ago.
The Principal of the College, Mr. Albert Opoku, while addressing stakeholders and students at the 2022/ 2023 Matriculation ceremony last week Friday, said some projects to be tackled under the strategic plan are a 500-capacity students’ hostel, a three-story classroom block, 1,000-capacity Assembly Hall, 15 staff accommodation, a new administration block, and sports entertainment facilities, and called on stakeholders to fully support the implementation of the plan.
Principal Opoku said it was envisaged that the expansion would put the college in good stead to meet modern standard tertiary institutions.
He said the college was to partner affiliate universities to run degree programmes in Emergency Nursing by 2024 towards the vision to transform the institution into a University College by 2029.
To demonstrate his commitment to infrastructural development, the Principal has, since August 2022, on assumption of office, constructed a 350-capacity hostel and 200-capacity classroom block to improve upon teaching and learning.
The Tepa Nursing and Midwifery Training College, which has a student population of 1,302, currently is affiliated to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and runs three programmes, namely Nurse Assistant Clinical (NAC), Registered Midwifery (RM) and Registered General Nursing (RGN).
The brainchild of Nana Adusei Atwenewaah Ampem, Tepamanhene, the college started as a health training school with 82 students to pursue the Health Assistant Clinical (HAC) programme.
In 2011, the College was mandated by the Ministry of Health and Nursing and Midwifery Council to start the Registered Midwifery programme with 42 students, while the Registered General Nursing was introduced in 2014 with an initial 101 students.
