Students urge reopening of Bawku Nursing College

Students of Presbyterian Nursing and Midwifery Training College at Bawku are encouraging authorities to reopen the school, shutdown since November 2024 due to conflict, pointing to difficulties in their academic and professional development.

The enrolled students in the Presbyterian Nursing and Midwifery Training College in Bawku, located in the Upper East Region, have reached out to authorities to immediately reopen the school, which has remained closed from November 22, 2024, as a result of renewed tensions in the long-time chieftainship dispute in the area.

During a press conference , Akamah James, the President of the Student Representative Council (SRC), expressed concern to the growing frustration among students over the prolonged closure of the college, highlighting it severe impact on their academic achievement and career preparation.

Akamah said that “We, the students of the Presbyterian Nursing and Midwifery Training College, Bawku, have gathered the press for this announcement to express our concerns, distress, discontent and exasperation concerning the continuous holding off on reopening the college for the second semester.”

He also drew to attention that the prolonged shutdown is particularly affecting final-year students, who are studying for their impending exams and fear falling behind peers at other organizations who have already resumed academic activities.

He noted that “It has been a period of uncertainty and anxiety for us as students. We have been in limbo, unsure of when we can continue our education and training.”

“Currently, the final-year students who are preparing for their upcoming final examinations are in great fear and panic. Staying at home while other nursing institutions have resumed their second semester academic activities poses a serious threat to our future.”

We are very worried by the day about the effects of this prolonged reopening on the academic calendar and specifically the subject matter. We hope that with immediate attention and dedication from appropriate authorities, this issue can be addressed and academic activities can resume with all due speed.

The students of Presbyterian Nursing and Midwifery Training College, Bawku, continue to be hopeful that their issue will be resolved and that they will return to the classroom to continue their process of developing into skilled healthcare practitioners any moment from now.