GTEC to fast-track accreditation for Mahama Cares post-basic specialised training programmes

The Director General of the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission, Prof Ahmed Jinapor Abdulai, has announced that the Commission has put in place measures to fast-track the accreditation of proposed post-basic specialised training programmes under the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, also known as the Mahama Cares Initiative.

He made this known on Monday, February 2, 2026, during a courtesy call on the Registrar of the Nursing and Midwifery Council, Mrs Philomina A N Woolley, at her office in Accra. The visit was to strengthen collaboration between GTEC and the Council to ensure the timely accreditation of the specialised programmes.

Prof Jinapor Abdulai was accompanied by the Director for Accreditation, Mr Saaka Sayuti, the Head of Legal, Mr Felix Awuah, the Head of Accreditation for Nursing and Allied Health, Mrs Abena Asafu Adjaye Nkrumah, and the Head of Public Relations and Protocol, Mr Charles Mbeah.

Welcoming the delegation, Mrs Woolley described the visit as a privilege and noted that it was the Director General’s first official visit to her office. She disclosed that five nursing and midwifery institutions have been selected to run specialised degree programmes under the initiative.

The selected institutions are the Nursing and Midwifery Training College in Tamale, the Ear Nose and Throat Nursing School in Kumasi, the Nursing and Midwifery Training College Kumasi, the Nursing and Midwifery Training College Korle Bu, and the Peri Operative and Critical Care Nursing School at Korle Bu.

According to the Registrar, the institutions will offer degree programmes in Emergency Nursing, Cardiology Nursing, Critical Care Nursing, Endocrinology Nursing, Nephrology Nursing, and Oncology Nursing.

Prof Jinapor Abdulai commended Mrs Woolley for her leadership and dedication to the regulation of nursing and midwifery education in Ghana. He assured her of GTEC’s full support to ensure that the specialised programmes are accredited within the shortest possible time, in line with the objectives of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund.