The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has accredited 8 academic programmes for the Zamfara State College of Health Sciences and Technology, Tsafe.
The information officer of the college, Jamilu Sani disclosed the development in Gusau, Wednesday.
According to him, the development followed the accreditation and resource inspection exercise by NBTE which was held between 26th and 28th March, 2025.
He said the outcome followed the release of the 2025 accreditation results of academic programmes of the college.
“With this, the College Provost and Accreditation Committee of the College hereby announce that 3 academic programmes have received full accreditation with excellent scores, while 5 programmes were granted commencement approval,” he said.
Among the accredited programs are National Diploma in Environmental Health Technology and National Diploma in Community Health. The National Diploma in Dental Therapy was approved last year.
Others that were granted approval for commencement include ND in Dental Surgery Technology, ND Public Health Technology, ND Epidemiology and Disease Control, ND Health Information Management and ND Statistics.
He further hinted that all the 8 courses have gotten the approval from their regulatory bodies with additional Diploma in Dental Health Therapy, while Biomedical Engineering was also granted commencement approval.