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Ministry clarifies on phasing out nursing course
Health Education and Training (HET) Commissioner Dr Safinah Kisu Musene speaks during a graduation at the Ntungamo College of Nursing and midwifery on June 8, 2024. PHOTO/PEREZ RUMANZI
What you need to know:
- The State is currently prioritizing improving human resources and funding of government health training institutions.
The Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) has said it has no intentions of phasing out all nursing and midwifery certificates.
Health Education and Training (HET) commissioner Dr Safinah Kisu Museene said while there have been public rumors over phasing out the certificates, the MoES and Ministry of Health have no such ambitions.
She noted that while comprehensive nursing was phased out five years ago, enrolled nursing and midwifery courses shall still be undertaken.
“We have not phased out certificate training in health, but we only phased out one certificate. What we phased out is the certificate in comprehensive nursing but not all the certificates. All the other certificates are still on,” she empahzied on Saturday.
‘We still train nurses in certificate in nursing, midwifery and psychiatry nursing,” Museene told a gathering at a graduation of 364 nursing and midwifery students at Ntungamo College of Nursing and Midwifery.
She further noted that the State is currently prioritizing improving human resources and funding of government health training institutions to provide an enabling environment for training professional nurses in the country.
“This year, this institution was allocated capitation grant and instructional materials. As we speak, we have 52 staff that have just been promoted for nursing and midwifery and 23 staff for allied. We still have a gap in human resources like any other less developed country which we must solve,” she remarked.
Speaking during the graduation, Uganda Nurses Council registrar Perpetua Mary Mubeezi asked graduating nurses to be professional.
“You must do things differently and stop lamenting over lack of jobs. The outstanding shall always be employed. Be professional and avoid being cursed to your next generation over abuses and regrets from the people you serve,” she urged.
Ntungamo District chairman Samuel Mucunguzi called for increasing medical personnel in Uganda while the principal of the institution, Wilber Tukamuhabwa encouraged graduates to “stay focused.”
