“Students Should be trained to Provide Indigenous Solutions to Problems”
-Dr Tata Elvis Fon
By Francis Ekongang Nzante
Dr Tata Elvis Fon, Coordinator of the Bachelor Degree Programme in Medical Laboratory Sciences at the Florence Nightingale Higher Institute of Health and Biomedical Sciences has emphasised that for education to be meaningful, students have to be empowered to provide indigenous solutions to Problems facing the society in which they find themselves. He was speaking recently during the Defense Session of Bachelor Degree students of Medical Laboratory Sciences and Nursing at the Florence Nightingale Higher Institute of Health and Biomedical Sciences in Bamenda. Characteristic of this Defense Session was the innovativeness of the students both in Nursing and in Medical Laboratory Sciences. This reporter caught up with Madam Ambola Rodha who coordinates the Bachelor Degree Nursing Programme. She said what caught her attention during the Defense Session was the innovativeness of the students. This appraisal is made weighty when one considers the fact that this lady who holds a Bachelor Degree in Nursing and a Master Degree in Education has practiced as a bedside nurse for eleven years and has been teaching for the past six years in a nursing school.
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“Defense is one of the very important exercises that we do in Academia. What the students have presented this far has been very wonderful. Students have been very innovative and have ventured into areas that no one has ever done before. This indicates that there’s a bright future for nursing because we see students not just copying what has been done in the past but venturing into unexplored domains.
The quality of the students is really good. In similar situations, you will find students simply consulting what others have done just to fulfill the requirements of the Academic year. This is not the case here. At Florence Nightingale, we see students who want to improve upon nursing by venturing into things that have not been earlier touched. This is just the first year and we are still struggling to put things in place. That not withstanding, they've done all their courses and the University of Bamenda has been here for supervision.”
She called on those aspiring to do a degree in Nursing to think about Florence Nightingale Higher Institute of Health and Biomedical Sciences.
Dr Tata Elvis Fon who coordinates the Bachelor Degree Programme in Medical Laboratory Sciences on his part said they had been examining Research Theses done by the students for the final year of the Bachelor Degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences.
“Topics covered by the students touch a wide range affecting the general welfare and health of the population.”
The entire research he said was focused on looking for indigenous approaches to solving problems that are faced in society. “It has actually been very positive and most of the solutions they proposed are actually available, affordable and sustainable for our communities. With respect to quality, I will say it’s been excellent. The students have demonstrated a mastery of what they’ve learnt. Both the Technical and the Theoretical know how is there. By the time we consolidate our Technical and Theoretical know how, then we will expect immediate solutions to our indigenous problems.”
Dr Tata Elvis Fon said though the students were defending for a Bachelor Degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences, the topics presented cut across Dermatology, Bacteriology, Parasitology and a host of others “which measure the problems that face our community especially within the domain of Infectious Agents. In the past the Government has gone through a lot of trials and after Children are trained they go around knocking doors to look for employment. However we have empowered our graduates in such a way that they can look for solutions to their own problems and the society as a whole. This means that we expect them to create employment and jobs for others” he said.
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