Kibuli School of Nursing and Midwifery

The Kibuli School of Nursing and Midwifery is a private not-for-profit health training institution started in May 2005. It is a brain child of Kibuli Muslim Hospital. Hajat Halimah Nanziri Mayanja, the principal of Kibuli School of Nursing and Midwifery, said the school envisions being a center of excellence in nursing training and operates with a mission of producing God-fearing professional nurses.

She said the nurses should be able to provide quality services to clients. “Although the school aims at educating a Muslim girl-child in nursing training, it also answered the boy-child out cry by training male nurse students,"  Mayanja said. She said the school has contributed to the development of human resources for health through training 301 nurses and midwives since inception with the first group qualifying in 2007.

At a Glance:

 

• The school has trained 301 nurses and midwives since inception, with the first group graduating in 2007 
• The school’s current academic programs include certificates in nursing, midwifery and diploma in midwifery extension 
• The school has trained 301 nurses and midwives since inception, with the first group graduating in 2007 
• The institution is keen on corporate governance and school administration through strengthening the management of the school

It has managed to build capacity by upgrading two of its pioneer students of the institution to a tutorship level with an aim of meeting the standard tutor: student ratio of 1:20. The school’s current academic programs include certificates in nursing, midwifery and diploma in midwifery extension.

The school has a board of trustees, with a board of governors comprising of 13 members. The schools activities apart from the academic programs include dawa activities and community outreach programs. The school has big plans. It seeks to improve service delivery through increasing the quality of training and services offered to students, staff and other stakeholders from 50% to 70%.

The school seeks to mobilise resources to implement its strategic plan of 2013-2018 through increment in a sustainable income of 30% over the next five years. The institution is keen on corporate governance and school administration through strengthening the management of the school to enable the successful implementation of programs and activities.