The Untold Story Of Abia School Of Nursing And School Of Basic Midwifery Abiriba
The likes of Mrs Michael Chinyere, the Principal, School of Nursing Umuahia and Anicho Sarah Ngozi, Principal, Okezie School of Basic Midwifery Abiriba all in Abia state, are strong women, whose contributions to the growth of the above-mentioned institutions have almost been swept under the carpet with their stories untold.
For Mrs. Michael Chinyere, she took over as the Principal of School of Nursing Umuahia in 2022 when teaching and learning activities in the school was nothing to write home about. In that particular year, a set of students had 15% in their final qualifying examination, indicating the level of decay in academic performance in the institution then.
On assumption of office, Mrs Michael Chinyere carried out massive sensitisation of the academic staff of School of Nursing Umuahia. Her efforts towards surging the academic performance of the students paid off as the school in 2023, automatically moved from a set scoring 15% to two sets scoring 84.21% and 100% respectively in their examinations.
Mrs Chinyere never stopped at that, she painstakingly provided a conducive learning environment for students with a steady supply of electricity and water which were not so before she came into office as principal.
With the aid of the Abia state Government and present Director Nursing Services, the school has been upgraded from school of Nursing to collegiate level just within one year of her being in office.
Tracing back to when she was working in the Capacity of Vice principal Academics, Mrs Chinyere not minding that the then principal paid no attention to the deteriorating nature of teaching and learning in the school, single handedly taught Seven(7) courses without complaint just to ensure that her students achieve their goals in life.
This singular act and more, saw to her promotion to the level of Principal and also the Student Union Government (SUG), recognising her with an award of best principal in 2022.
Similarly, Anicho Sarah Ngozi, the principal of Okezie school of basic midwifery Abiriba, brought a rapid change to the institution of learning.
Anicho Sarah Ngozi, who holds a master of science (MSc) degree in Nursing Education from University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), took over as principal, Okezie school of basic midwifery, Abiriba in October, 2022.
Anicho Sarah Ngozi’s assumption of office brought an end to examination malpractice in Okezie school of basic midwifery Abiriba with the school’s Pre-Training School (PTS) examination being one of the best, devoid of all forms of malpractices.
She has also made the school library functional and accessible to both staff and students; ensured that the problem of admitting two streams of students in a year became a thing of the past; fixed the school’s giant generator, thereby solving the age long problem of electricity and water supply and also strengthened the school security.
All these and more are the silent achievements of these two individuals; Mrs Michael Chinyere and Anicho Sarah Ngozi, who are zelous on ensuring that students acquire adequate knowledge in a most comfortable learning environment.
Based on the above, ALL FACTS NEWSPAPER awarded them with special recognition awards which is meant to motivate them to do more and keep bettering the nursing profession.
