This is in spite of the fact the university students spend four years while those at the training colleges spend three, NTC students feel they’ve given a raw deal by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, NMC, the body responsible for certifying nurses in Ghana. In an interview Oppong Acheampong Harrison, a student nurse at Tamale NTC, he said that it is not fair that NMC should award a degree to the university students and diploma to the NTCs.

He added that since the university program is newer compared to NTC, and that, they all write the same final examination, there’s no reason why both should not be awarded with degrees. Further more, what hurts him the most is that when someone with a diploma wants to attain the degree; he must spend an extra two painful years at the university, doing what he already knows making five years in all.
However, university students like Sandra, who completed TNTC and now pursuing a degree at the University for Developing Studies, Tamale, thinks that it’s a fair deal. To her, it’s true that NTC programs are more practical, and the universities more theoretical, but both cannot be placed on the same scale as they all have their roles to play. There are some courses like Psychology which you’ll never learn until one attends the university.

Clearly, there’s a difference and I don’t know the NTCs are complaining. However, one wonders why the NMC allows both to write the same final examinations?