Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra)
7 December 2007
A month-long independent investigation by The Chronicle has revealed the protracted exploitation of students at the Tamale Nursing Training College (NTC) by the authorities in various forms.
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It is rather unfortunate for me to hear about this wild allegation being leveled against these authorities which I think to some extent is very true, I say this bcos I understand when you are attending an interview for the selection process in addition to the interview fees you are also required to bring with you GHS3.00 for each result slip you present on the day of the interview. This is where the dilemma is, we very well know that some students write as many times their secondary certificate examination before they are able to get a good result for each subject inorder to enter into these training colleges. This I think is an exploitation of the students bcos if you have written the secondary certificate examination 6times it means you will pay GHS 3.00 for each result slip totalling GHS 18.00 on the day of the interview bearing in mind that is just for the selection process.
SIMON
while the school authorities are not utilizing the library fees to buy books, one miss fati saaka, former chief nursing officer donated assorted books to the school last year but the books didnot get to the library. it simply vanished into thin air. It was mr. john bonah who received the books. Again the school utilises tanker services to supply water to the school. last 2 years we were told by the principal, mr. sayimah kombian that government has given them 90 million cedis to purchase a tanker to ease the water problems in the school. Up to date the vehicle has not been bought and i think the money has been embezzeled. Mr. dominic abugre is not the problem. the problem is mr. sayimah kombian and mr. john bonah. they are incompetent, that is why the school is in shumbles. We need government intervention to put things right.