The Management and Students community of Atibie Nursing and Midwifery Training College at Kwahu Atibie in the Kwahu South District in the Eastern Region has appealed to the government and other benevolent organizations and individuals to come to the aid of the college as they are currently facing serious infrastructure deficit.
This appeal was made by the principal of the college, Mrs Paulina Osabutey, in a recent interview with Ghananewsonline.com.gh after the matriculation ceremony which saw some 243 students being officially admitted into the college.
It is obvious that the college which is offering various professional health education to students aspiring to become caretakers of the sick in hospitals can only boast of few classrooms which are used to house some 80 students a decade ago.
The principal lamented that the college is still using the only classrooms which she came to meet somewhere in the year 2008 which was housing an 80 student population.
According to her the college has since not received any infrustrature support even though the school population now stands at 658, stressing that this population has caused the management of the college to divide some classrooms to allow lessons to flow as the college now offer three professional health courses including registered Midwifery, Registered General nursing.
The other program are Post Nursing Assistant (Clinical) and Nursing Assistant (Preventive) Midwifery Preventive.
In efforts to solve these problems, the principal revealed that the school has initiated the construction of a four story building classroom block which is currently under construction is funded with the Internally Generated Fund (IGF) and some money raising by the school to support the project.
Again it has through the Stakeholders Association of the college initiated a 2 story building hostel to house the students as students has no accomodations.
“We are focused on securing our students but we are losing such focus due to the lack of hostels facilities.
“We have no choice than to rent a facility in town to serve as hostel for the school, we need the help to get our children within our confine, we believes after completing these projects we will some how be able to meet our objective,” she stated.
The President of the Students Representative Council (SRC) of the college, Miss Baiden Afua Mary, revealed that they are in serious crises as the college can not boast of a Stand-by Power Plant to provide electricity whenever there is light out, she said the school always experoence half current voltage every weekend which affects the academic work of the college.
She emphasised that her office together with the school administration is launching operation procure a Stand-by Power Plant for Atibie Nursing and Midwivery Training Center.
“We are sending out sponsorship letters to solicit for funds to buy a standing plant for the school,” She stated.
Source: William Dei-Gyau
