GOV’T SLASHES NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH TRAINING FEES BY 50%

The Ministry of Health has announced a 50 per cent reduction in school fees for students of Nursing and Allied Health Training Institutions, effective from the 2025/2026 academic year.

The intervention, communicated by the Ministry’s Public Relations Officer, Tony Goodman, according to the post, forms part of the government’s new flagship initiative, the “No-Fee-Stress” Policy, designed to ease the financial burden on tertiary students across the country.

According to the Ministry, the government will absorb half of the approved fees for all first-year students enrolling in nursing and allied health training programmes.

“All institutions are strictly required to adhere to the approved fees and items as communicated by the Ministry. No institution is permitted to charge above the approved amount or demand payment for items covered under the policy,” the statement stressed.

The Ministry further warned that any principal of a health training institution who imposes unauthorised charges does so “at his or her own peril.”