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Bayelsa State College of Health Technology, Otuogidi-Ogbia (BYCOHTECH) is a state-owned college in Otuogidi, Ogbia, Bayelsa State, set up to train middle-level health manpower for Nigeria. Its stated mission is to be a public health problem solver in providing technically skilled middle-level health workers, and to offer quality health and technological education in a serene and conducive learning environment to all eligible Nigerians.
The college is organised into three schools. The School of Allied Medical Sciences covers Health Information Management, Medical Laboratory Science, Pharmacy Technician Studies and Dental Health Science. The School of Public Health Sciences contains the departments of Community Health Science and Environmental Health Science, with new programmes in Health Care Assistance, Occupational Health Safety and Environmental Remediation, and Emergency Health Care and Ambulance Services. The School of Foundation Studies comprises the Department of General Studies and the Department of Medical Social Work.
Programmes offered include Health Information Management Technology (ND and HND), Environmental Health Technology (ND and HND), Community Health Extension Worker (ND), Junior Community Health Extension Worker (certificate), Medical Laboratory Technician (ND), Dental Surgery Technician (diploma), Pharmacy Technician Studies (ND) and Medical Social Work (ND). The ND and HND programmes each run for two academic years.
Professional training is linked to regulators: the Dental Surgery Technician programme follows the curriculum of the Dental Therapists Registration Board of Nigeria, and Medical Laboratory Technology graduates are certified and registered with the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria after passing the professional certification examination. Programmes are governed by National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) entry requirements.
The college has a demonstration clinic, a library, and works, ICT, security and sanitation units. Students can reach the college through its admission portal, CBT practice portal and online examinations.
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View scholarships for Bayelsa state college of Health Technology, Otuogidi-Ogbia, Bayelsa state →Four credit passes at SSCE/WASC/GCE O-Level in not more than two sittings, including Biology or Health Science, one subject from Chemistry, Food and Nutrition, Physics or Geography, and two subjects from Economics, Accounts, Commerce, Agricultural Science or Social Science. Passes in English Language and Mathematics are compulsory. Pre-ND Science and Technology Certificate recognised by NBTE, National Technical Certificate with credits in the four relevant subjects and passes in English and Mathematics, or Teachers Grade II certificate with credit or merit passes in the relevant subjects are also accepted.
Five credit passes in not more than two sittings (WAEC, NECO, GCE or NABTEB) including English Language, Mathematics, Biology or Health Science, Chemistry and Physics.
ND: five credits including English, Mathematics, Biology, Physics and Chemistry. HND: an ND certificate, English, Mathematics, Biology, Physics and Chemistry, evidence of one year SIWES (industrial training) and a licence.
A minimum UTME score as stipulated by JAMB, and at least five credit passes at SSCE or equivalent O-Level (NECO, NABTEB, WASC/GCE) in English, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology and Physics in not more than two sittings.
Five credits in English, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and Physics in not more than two sittings.
Five credits including English Language, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and Physics in GCE, WASC, SSC, WAEC, NECO or NABTEB at not more than two sittings.
Five credits including English, Government or Civic Education and three others from Literature in English, CRK, Commerce, Economics, Geography and History, in not more than two sittings. A pass in Mathematics is considered. Candidates go through the College Entry Examination, probation classes and probation examinations. The department is open to all candidates irrespective of race, sex, place of birth, religion and political affiliation; the language of instruction is English, and candidates below 16 years of age are not eligible.
The college operates from a single campus at Otuogidi, Ogbia, Bayelsa State, with the Provost's building, administrative and classroom blocks, school and department blocks (Environmental Health, Community Health, Medical Laboratory, Pharmacy, Health Information Management lecture halls), an entrepreneurship hall, a library, a demonstration clinic, a student hostel block, security and generator buildings, and a borehole facility.
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