University in Nigeria
Gummi, Category
University profile
The Zamfara State College of Nursing Sciences (ZACONS), Gusau, is a state-owned college in Zamfara State, north-western Nigeria. It was carved out of the former Zamfara State College of Nursing and Midwifery in 2013 under Zamfara State Law No. 13 of November 2013, with a further law, No. 11 of 1 August 2019. Its address is No. 3 Samaru Area, Gusau.
Its mission is to produce professional nurses and midwives equipped with critical, analytical and evidence-based practice skills to provide quality healthcare to individuals, families and communities at all levels of care. Its vision is to become the foremost and prestigious College of Nursing and Midwifery in Africa through quality training, cutting-edge research and innovation.
The college holds full accreditation status and runs these programmes, all approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN):
The college is led by a Provost, with an Acting Bursar, a Director, a Director of Academic Planning and Development, an Acting Director of Works and Services and an Acting Director of the Nana Babajo School of Midwifery. Its departments and units are Admin and Supply, Finance and Account, Planning Research and Statistics, Operations, Maintenance and Technical Services, a Commercial Unit and Monitoring Inspection and Monitoring and Evaluation units.
All programmes are full time. Students can use an online virtual-learning platform and an e-library.
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View scholarships for College of Nursing Sciences Gusau →Applicants need at least five credits in English Language, Mathematics, Biology, Physics and Chemistry, obtained in not more than two sittings of WAEC, NECO and/or NABTEB. All programmes are full time; applicants who are employed must have a release letter.
Each programme has its own application period, and applicants can apply only to a programme during its period. Applications are made online: create an account (name, phone number, email, password and programme), pay the application fee through Remita by card or with a printed payment slip at any bank, then complete biodata, upload a passport photograph (not more than 100KB), enter O-Level details and five subject results, and upload the result statement or certificates (not more than 300KB). After submission an application cannot be edited. Applicants then print the completed form, acknowledgement card and payment receipt, signed by the applicant and a guardian. Past cycles included ND Nursing form sales beginning 8 June and Basic Midwifery sales from 24 February to 1 March 2024.
Learning resources include a virtual-learning platform and an e-library.
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