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Imo State College of Health Sciences & Management Technology, Amaigbo

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About Imo State College of Health Sciences & Management Technology, Amaigbo

The Imo State College of Health and Management Sciences (IMCOHAMS), Amaigbo, is a state-owned tertiary institution at P.M.B 2, Amaigbo, Nwangele Local Government Area, Imo State, in south-eastern Nigeria. It trains middle-level health professionals and offers management and computing programmes, and its motto is "for the promotion of health and knowledge".

The college has two schools. The School of Health Sciences offers certificate, National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) programmes under the regulation of professional health bodies, which accredit the programmes periodically. Its departments cover community health, junior community health, environmental health, health information management, medical laboratory, nutrition and dietetics, pharmacy technician, dental therapy, public health management, industrial safety management and technology, first aid, laboratory safety, and healthcare technician and assistant training. The School of Management Sciences offers Computer Science (ND and HND), and the college also lists an NCE programme area.

Professional accreditation covers Community Health Extension Workers (CHEW and JCHEW), Environmental Health Technology (ND, HND and technician certificate), Health Information Management (ND, HND and health records technician), Medical Laboratory Technician and Pharmacy Technician. Regulators involved include the Community Health Practitioners Registration Board of Nigeria, the Environmental Health Officers Registration Council of Nigeria, the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria and the Health Information Management Registration Board, with the West African Health Examination Board examining environmental health students. Nutrition and Dietetics (ND and HND) is awaiting NBTE verification.

The campus has classroom blocks, hostels, offices, a stadium, an e-library with 275 computers (also used for JAMB-style computer-based testing), a 75 KVA generator and a water supply system. An analogue library and new offices were under construction at the time of the provost's profile. Admissions, registration, fee payment and result checking are handled through the college's online student portal.

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National Diploma and certificate programmes

Entry is by O-Level credit passes at not more than two sittings (WAEC and NECO results may be combined in some departments). Requirements by programme:

  • Computer Science (ND and HND, 4 years): minimum of five credits in WAEC, GCE or NECO including English Language, Mathematics, Biology, Physics, Chemistry and one of Economics, Geography or Religious Knowledge.
  • Environmental Health Technology (ND and HND, 4 years): ND requires five credits including English Language, Mathematics, Biology/Health Science, Chemistry and one of Geography, Economics, Food and Nutrition, Accounts, Commerce, Physics or Technical Drawing. HND requires at least an upper credit ND in Environmental Health Technology, the same five credits and a transcript from an accredited school. The 3-year Environmental Health Technician certificate requires five passes including three credits from English Language, Biology, Health Science, Geography and Physics.
  • Health Information Management (ND and HND, 4 years): ND requires five credits including English Language, Mathematics, Biology/Health Science, Physics/Chemistry and one of Economics, Geography, Religious Knowledge or a Nigerian language. HND requires a technician or ND certificate in Health Information Management, registration and a practising licence, a transcript from an accredited school and the five credits.
  • Nutrition and Dietetics (ND and HND, 4 years): five credits including English Language, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, Physics and one of Agricultural Science, Home Economics or Nutrition.
  • Community Health Extension Workers (ND, 3 years): five credits including English Language, Mathematics, Biology/Health Science, Physics/Geography, Chemistry and a social science or Agricultural Science; WAEC and NECO may be combined. The route is for qualified Junior CHEWs with at least two years on the grade.
  • Junior Community Health Extension Workers (certificate, 2 years): five passes including English Language, Mathematics, Biology or Health Science and two other subjects.
  • Pharmacy Technician (certificate, 3 years): at least five credits including English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics and Biology.
  • Medical Laboratory Technician (certificate, 3 years): four credits in WAEC or NECO including English Language, Mathematics, Biology and Chemistry, plus a pass in Physics, at not more than two sittings. O-Level results older than five years are not accepted.

How to apply

Applications, supplementary forms, admission status checks, registration, fee payment and results are handled through the college's online portal.

Amaigbo (main campus), Nwangele LGA, Imo State: all schools and departments of the college are based here.

  • Classrooms, lecture blocks, offices and student hostels
  • E-library with 275 computers and a computer centre used for JAMB-related testing
  • Stadium and internal road network
  • Power and water: 75 KVA generator and water storage tanks

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Study programmes offered at Imo State College of Health Sciences & Management Technology, Amaigbo.

Certificate in Environmental Health Technician
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Certificate in Junior Community Health Extension Workers (JCHEW)
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Certificate in Medical Laboratory Technician
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Certificate in Pharmacy Technician
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Diploma in Community Health Extension Workers (CHEW)
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HND Computer Science
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HND Environmental Health Technology
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HND Nutrition and Dietetics
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ND Computer Science
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ND Health Information Management
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