European Union repairs Lira school
THE European Union (EU) has been lauded for constructing five structures and renovating dilapidated buildings at Lira school of Comprehensive Nursing and Midwifery.
By Patrick Okino
THE European Union (EU) has been lauded for constructing five structures and renovating dilapidated buildings at Lira school of Comprehensive Nursing and Midwifery.
The EU constructed a dining hall, demonstration block, a dormitory, resource centre and kitchen under the Developing Human Resource for Health (DHRH) project.
“The school has introduced three diploma courses this year and one of the challenges we had was lack of accommodation,†said Mary Ogambo Tiko, the principal.
She noted that they admitted 69 students for the diploma courses.
“With the new structures, we expect the performance to improve and even introduce degree courses in the near future,†Tiko disclosed, adding that the EU also pledged to give them a van and install Internet in the school.
Patrick Sempala, a senior education officer in the education ministry, said they were regulating the number of students admitted in health training institutions.
Sempala added that last year, 9,800 students passed interviews to join nursing institutions, but they took only 3,000.
“We are trying to regulate the number by sending them to private institutions but the pressure is too much,†he added.
Norman Ajiri, the team leader for DHRH, said the project was being implemented in 15 schools across the country.
THE European Union (EU) has been lauded for constructing five structures and renovating dilapidated buildings at Lira school of Comprehensive Nursing and Midwifery.
The EU constructed a dining hall, demonstration block, a dormitory, resource centre and kitchen under the Developing Human Resource for Health (DHRH) project.
“The school has introduced three diploma courses this year and one of the challenges we had was lack of accommodation,†said Mary Ogambo Tiko, the principal.
She noted that they admitted 69 students for the diploma courses.
“With the new structures, we expect the performance to improve and even introduce degree courses in the near future,†Tiko disclosed, adding that the EU also pledged to give them a van and install Internet in the school.
Patrick Sempala, a senior education officer in the education ministry, said they were regulating the number of students admitted in health training institutions.
Sempala added that last year, 9,800 students passed interviews to join nursing institutions, but they took only 3,000.
“We are trying to regulate the number by sending them to private institutions but the pressure is too much,†he added.
Norman Ajiri, the team leader for DHRH, said the project was being implemented in 15 schools across the country.