COASTLINE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Coastline College of Health Technology (CCOHT) is a health training institution at 100 Old Aye Road, opposite the NTA station, Idepe, Okitipupa, Ondo State. It was established in 2019 and is registered with and recognised by the Federal Government of Nigeria, the Ondo State Government, the relevant health professional boards and councils, and other government agencies. Its motto is "Giving Sustainable Health Education".

The college aims to train and retrain competent health care professionals to meet the growing health needs of individuals and society, and to prepare middle-level health manpower for public health. It is led by a Provost, Prof. Raphael Adeoye Aworetan, under a Governing Council chaired by Hon. Barr. Chief Success Taiwo Torhukerhijo, who founded the college as a way of giving back to Okitipupa, the former divisional headquarters of the old Okitipupa Division of Western Nigeria.

Eleven programmes are currently run, with more to be added: Environmental Health Technology, Environmental Health Assistance, Environmental Health Technician, Food Hygiene, Health Information Management Technician, Health Education and Promotion, Medical Laboratory Technician, Dispensing Opticianry, Pharmacy Technician, Community Health Extension Workers and Dental Technician. Departments include Pharmacy Technician Studies, Community Health Extension Studies, Medical Laboratory Technician Studies, Dental Sciences, Public Health and General Health Studies, Environment Health Sciences, and Health Information Management and Biostatistics, each led by a Head of Department.

The mini campus sits in a quiet setting beside the Nigeria Television Authority station and has laboratories, demonstration clinics, a cyber cafe and computer laboratory, and a library. Facilities listed for students are a library, SIWES (industrial training), ICT, canteen, clinic, sport and recreation, accommodation, and student counselling and support. A permanent site of 72 hectares has been bought alongside Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa.

Courses, syllabuses and papers are approved by the relevant professional bodies. Certificate programmes last at least two academic years, technician programmes at least three, and Higher National Diploma programmes at least four. Graduates of the Environmental Health Technician course are eligible for a practice licence from the Environmental Health Officers' Registration Council of Nigeria (EHORECON).