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Osun State College of Health Technology, Ilesa is a state-owned health training institution at Imelu, Ilesa, Osun State. Academic programmes began in September 1977, when the college was still in Oyo State, with two cadres: Public Health Superintendents (now Environmental Health Technologists) and Community Health Assistants (now Community Health Extension Workers). It trains middle-level health personnel for Primary Health Care and public health services, and awards certificates, professional diplomas, and National and Higher National Diplomas.
The college has operated from its present permanent site at Imelu since January 1985. It is organised on a collegiate system of six schools: Environmental Health Sciences; Community Health Sciences; Health Information Management and Biostatistics; Dental Health Sciences; Medical Laboratory and Pharmacy Technician Studies; and Public Health and General Health Studies. Each school is headed by a Director, with academic departments including Environmental Health, Community Health, Health Information Management, Dental Surgery, Dental Therapy, Pharmacy Technician, Medical Laboratory Technician, General Health Studies and Public Health.
Programmes include ND and HND Environmental Health Technology, Environmental Health Technician, Community Health Extension Worker and Junior CHEW, ND and HND Health Information Management, Dental Surgery Technician and Technology, Dental Therapy ND and HND, Pharmacy Technician, Medical Laboratory Science, Medical Imaging and X-Ray ND, Dispensing Opticianry ND, Epidemiology and Disease Control ND, Health Assistant, Health Technician, and advanced certificates in biomedical maintenance technology, waste management, and logistics, supply chain and transport management of health commodities.
Teaching facilities include classrooms and lecture halls, four compartment science laboratories, demonstration rooms and a demonstration ground (all courses are practice-based), a computer laboratory where new entrants are introduced to computer operation, a dental clinic and a school clinic. The college is non-residential by government policy; private housing is available around the campus. A clinic serves the academic community and the surrounding Imelu area and acts as a practice area for students. Student buses carry students to practice areas, and a Students Union, approved clubs and departmental associations operate on campus. A mosque and an interdenominational chapel serve students. Cultism is prohibited and the college is a uniform-wearing institution.
The college was established by Establishment Law No. 2 of 2005 and became a fully autonomous college under the Osun State College of Health Technology, Ilesa (Establishment) Law, 2020, assented to on 22 April 2020. A seven-member Governing Board was inaugurated in January 2022, and in November 2022 the House of Assembly placed the college under the Ministry of Education. Dr Lateef Olarewaju Raheem was appointed the first substantive Provost on 23 February 2023.
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View scholarships for Osun State College of Health Technology, Ilesa →There is no age limit provided the candidate satisfies the basic entry qualification. Candidates must be mature-minded, disciplined and healthy, of good character without criminal tendencies, and must score above the cut-off in the entrance examination and interview conducted by the college for the chosen course. Course-specific requirements also apply, places are limited, and applicants who use forged certificates are handed to the police and expelled.
ND/HND (4 years including SIWES and a one-year post-ND internship): five credits in English, Mathematics, Biology/Health Science, Chemistry and Physics in not more than two sittings. Environmental Health Technician (3 years): at least four credits including Biology/Health Science, Chemistry, Physics and English, plus a pass in Mathematics. Health Education and Promotion (2 years): at least four credits including English, Mathematics, Biology, Physics or Chemistry and one other subject.
CHEW (3 years): five credits in SSCE/WAEC/NECO/GCE O-level including English, Mathematics, Biology or Health Science and two of Chemistry, Physics, Geography, Food and Nutrition, Agricultural Science. Junior CHEW (2 years): at least five passes in not more than two sittings including English, Mathematics, Biology/Health Science and two other subjects (not Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo or Religious Studies).
Professional Diploma (3 years), ND (2 years) and HND (4 years): five credits in English Language, Mathematics, Biology/Health Science, Physics and Chemistry.
Dental Surgery Technician (3 years), Dental Surgery Technology ND (2 years) and Dental Therapy ND/HND (4 years): five credits in not more than two sittings including English, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and Physics.
3 years: five credits in not more than two sittings within five years of enrolment with the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria, including English, Mathematics, Biology or Health Science, Physics and Chemistry.
3 years: five credits in not more than two sittings including English, Mathematics, Biology or Health Science, Chemistry and Physics. The certificate used must not be older than five years at enrolment with the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria.
Health Technician (2 years): five credits in not more than two sittings in English, Mathematics, Biology or Health Science, Chemistry and at least a pass in Physics. Health Assistant (2 years): any five passes in NECO or WAEC; the abridgement course is open to holders of a Health Assistant certificate with at least four years of cognate experience (one-year certificate) or one year (two-year certificate).
Applications for the 2026/27 session are made online through the college admission portal (Apply), followed by the college entrance examination and interview.
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