Long probations bad for health practitioners
Oct 30, 2008
THE health sector is faced with the challenge of taking long to confirm, promote and recognise health professionals, an official has said.
By Vision Reporter
THE health sector is faced with the challenge of taking long to confirm, promote and recognise health professionals, an official has said.
Eng. Henry Okinyal said this greatly demoralises them, affecting quality service delivery.
Okinyal, the commissioner for Business, Technical, Vocational Education and Training (BTVET), observed that because of this, upcoming health professionals fear and lose interest in the profession.
He, however, expressed optimism that the Education Act and the BTVET Act would address issues such as recognition, thereby enabling a straightforward path for students with minimal qualifications to progress.
Okinyal made the remarks recently at a party for outgoing students and welcoming new ones at the Jinja School of Nursing and Midwifery. Student leaders expressed democracy by smoothly handing over power to new leaders.
Okinyal said he was concerned at the high levels of forgeries among students who appear for interviews for the nursing and midwifery programme.
He said this year, over 9,000 ‘O’ and ‘A’ Level students sat for interviews countrywide. Of these, 27 students from the Jinja centre had forged academic papers. “They were immediately disqualified,†he said. He said out of the 9,000, only 340 students will be taken on Government sponsorship.
“The demand for your profession is high. You must not take the time you are in school for granted,†he said.
THE health sector is faced with the challenge of taking long to confirm, promote and recognise health professionals, an official has said.
Eng. Henry Okinyal said this greatly demoralises them, affecting quality service delivery.
Okinyal, the commissioner for Business, Technical, Vocational Education and Training (BTVET), observed that because of this, upcoming health professionals fear and lose interest in the profession.
He, however, expressed optimism that the Education Act and the BTVET Act would address issues such as recognition, thereby enabling a straightforward path for students with minimal qualifications to progress.
Okinyal made the remarks recently at a party for outgoing students and welcoming new ones at the Jinja School of Nursing and Midwifery. Student leaders expressed democracy by smoothly handing over power to new leaders.
Okinyal said he was concerned at the high levels of forgeries among students who appear for interviews for the nursing and midwifery programme.
He said this year, over 9,000 ‘O’ and ‘A’ Level students sat for interviews countrywide. Of these, 27 students from the Jinja centre had forged academic papers. “They were immediately disqualified,†he said. He said out of the 9,000, only 340 students will be taken on Government sponsorship.
“The demand for your profession is high. You must not take the time you are in school for granted,†he said.