Torit Health Science in Eastern Equatoria State has emerged the second best Institute country wide, in the National Health Professional Examinations Board.
Meanwhile, Wau Health Science Institute becomes the best, all over the country.
Speaking during the declaration of the results, State Minister of Health, Lodae Pasquale Romeo, says the performance is 93 percent compared to 86% of last year.
He adds that Torit Health Science Institute emerged the best in pharmaceutical studies.
“Today we are announcing the final results on performance of the students who sat for the final examinations in Torit Health Science Institute; there is a better performance this year compared to last year. Torit Health Science Institute became the second best in school performance and the best in pharmacy country wide this year. We also observed gender enrolment of a 46% for females and 54% for men, generally, we have 165 students who were enrolled and 93% of these students were able to perform well as compared to 86% of last year”.
Pasquale says about ten students are to sit for supplementary exams from the department of Laboratory, clinical medicine, nursing, and midwifery.
He adds that all pharmacist students passed.
“The students who sat for laboratory examinations were 24. Twenty passed, but four have to sit for supplementary exams, fifty clinical officers sat for the examination, 46 were able to pass and three had to sit for supplementary, 27 registered nurses sat for exams and 25 passed, 2 had to sit for supplementary. We had 38 registered midwives 37 pass one have to sit for supplementary exams. All the pharmacy students pass”.
Mathew Ohutuk Sabasio Atara is a pharmacist student considered to be the best student countrywide, he expresses happiness over his good performance.
He says it was not an easy journey but through prayers and commitment, he was able to excel.
“I’m just so glad that I made to that performance, in the beginning it wasn’t an easy thing, but through God and the school management hard work, and in that I’m so glad the school has also performed very well and also my fellow colleagues in different cadres who had also made to that time and also those who have at least some errors I still wish them also the best they can still perform and not to give up. I know dealing with health is not an easy thing but what can one do is just through training and also being active and also for one to also explore his knowledge or skills attained”.
Principal of Torit Health Science Institute, Tobias Magesi, says the school has performed well, despite some challenges, including lack of enough infrastructures, facing the students.
“Torit Health Science we are really moving forward. Last year we got 86% and this year we are now moving to 93%, despite the fact that we are really going forward the school has really some key challenges. One of the key challenges is infrastructure is really facing us, it is making us make sure we have to make trips, some of the students have to come in the morning, others have to come at noon time which is not really good in the medical institution. The Internet has been there but now it has really caused us a lot of scarce resources. These are the major key challenges we need to put forward. Our main target as the school by the year 2030 we want to fill all the health facilities within the Bomas to have at least well trained personnel from the institution”.
Out of 165 students who sat for the National Health Professional Examinations’ Board in Torit, ten are to re-sit for supplementary papers.
The gender enrolment was 46% for females while 54% for males.