GTEC suspends accreditation of new General Nursing programmes
“The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission, acting in accordance with its regulatory and accreditation mandates under the Education Regulatory Bodies Act, 2020 (Act 1023), and guided by national human resource development priorities, hereby announces a suspension on the accreditation of new General Nursing programmes at both diploma and bachelor’s degree levels.
“Accordingly, all tertiary education institutions are hereby notified that GTEC will not receive process, or consider any new application of General Nursing (diploma or bachelor’s) programmes until further notice,” a statement signed and issued on Wednesday, [February 4, 2026] by the Director-General of GTEC, Professor Ahmed Jinapor stated (Click here to view statement).
The statement, addressed to heads of tertiary education institutions, was copied to the Minister of Education, the Minister of Health, the Registrar, Nursing and Midwifery Council, Director of Accreditation, GTEC, Head of traditional public universities, GTEC, Head of technical universities and colleges, GTEC and Head, Compliance, GTEC.
The statement, however, advised institutions intending to expand their health-related programme offerings to explore and develop proposals in specialised and undersubscribed areas of nursing.
It listed the specialised and underscribed areas to include Critical Care and Emergency Nursing; Paediatric Nursing; Oncology Nursing; Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing; Geriatric Nursing; Nephrology Nursing and Anaesthesia Nursing.
“These speicialised fields align with national workforce gaps and are therefore, more likely to receive favourable regulatory consideration,” the statement added.
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