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Stalling of licentiate for the nation's nursing graduates
denied
Koforidua, Jan. 09, Ghanadot/GNA - The Registrar of the
Nurses and Midwives Council, Mrs Veronica Darko, on
Wednesday denied charges that her outfit was deliberately
stalling efforts in setting the licentiate examination for
students who just graduated from Nursing Training Schools
nationwide.
Mrs Darko told the GNA in an interview that the council was
merely following a directive from the Ministry of Health (MOH)
that now required graduates to do a year rotation before
taking the papers.
The Registrar was responding to allegations that the council
was deliberately stalling the conduct of the examinations,
which are traditionally taken at the latter part of each
year.
Mrs Darko drew GNA's attention to a Ministry of Health
directive, which demanded that medical and paramedical
students including nurses undertake a year's rotation before
being inducted as professional nurses.
This has created some anxiety among the students, apparently
unaware of the directive.
Mrs Darko said the council, instead of waiting for the year
to elapse before conducting the papers, had decided that the
practicum be taken between March and April 2008, while the
theory papers were set for April 14-17.
When reached for his comment the Eastern Regional Director
of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Ebenezer Appiah-Denkyirah,
said that although he was not aware of the specific MOH
directive being referred to, he, however, supported the
proposal.
He said medical practitioners must be made to take
professional examinations before being offered jobs to
enhance their professional competence as well as to ready
them for the gruelling task ahead.
Dr Appiah-Denkyirah said the one-year rotation would give
the students practical exposure.
GNA
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