Of all the many interesting events that Chikankata used to witness each year, Nurses' Graduation Day has always been the happiest and also the most emotional day of the year. It is the occasion when Chikankata, if anything of such word as pride is acceptable to use, can take pride in itself. Because in the current situation where shortages of health professionals, nurses in particular, is distressingly acute nationwide, Chikankata Nursing Training School is one of the few training institutions in Zambia that produces highly motivated nurses each year. And the institution is growing everyday in terms of infrastructure development, its increasing capacity of student intake, and quality learning and training. It has been recently upgraded, from its previous status of ‘enrolled’ nurse training school, to ‘registered’ nurse training school. This means our alumni nurses can now practise their skills anywhere around the globe. The school also trains midwives. The first batch of the registered nurses recently graduated at the end of last year 2009. Here are some of the graduation photos. 
Our proud first batch of 'registered' nurses who graduated last year. Historically speaking, however, the first students graduated from Chikankata Nursing Training School in 1950. Since then the school has gone through many changes, new programmes have been introduced to replace old ones. Thousands of nurses have graduated from Chikankata over the years.
Here are some of the teaching faculties in their academic gowns.
This time there are 50 students who worked hard towards passing the three year course for registered nurses, and finally graduated. The number of student intake this year in 2010 has now increased to more than 70. The academic level required for entry to the course is a pass in the Grade 12 examination.
Prizes that are given away to the above average and 'highly' deserved graduates. Competition is tough and Chikankata is proud of its graduates.
A representative from Zambia Union of Nurses Organisation (ZUNO) congratulates the graduates.
Our Territorial leaders Colonels John & Dorothy Wainwright also grace the function. They too are very proud and happy.
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Congrats first on your great success in your post graduate diploma course.
It seems like a decorated graduation ceremony lol
Thank you a lot. But this is a graduation of our nurses, and is not associated with my graduation. My graduation programme will be on March 9, 2010.
In Chikankata, graduation day for nurses has indeed always been a big occasion.
Seems bigger function than we had experience of the same kind in Salvation Army Hospital in India. Graduation is a hard earn career and congrats to all of them.
Zambia ah chuan SA ho in hriselna lam ah in in rawlh thuk viau ani tihna em ni?
Hey, congrats to all the nurses. This is really great.
Hmingtea hian 'Sipai pawl kan in rawlh thuk viau' a ti dawn a maw ka tia, a ziak sual palh a ni ngei ngei ang.
@hmingtea:Zambian-te hriselna enkawlna hna 80% vel hi chu kohhranten kan thawk a, a dang 20% vel hi sorkarin a thawk ve chauh ang a ni. Kohhrante tihah hian Anglican, Roman Catholic, Apostolic leh keini Salvation Army te kan ni deuh a. Hengte leh kohhran dangte hi Churches Health Association of Zambia (CHAZ) tihah hian kan inthlung khawm a. CHAZ hi a rinawm leh thawh that avangin foreign donor-te pawhin he pawlah hian sum an thawh hnem thei hle a ni.
Salvation Army hi Zambia ram pumpuiah Pharte enkawl hmasa ber tu leh he natna umbo a nih thlenga thawk tu a ni a. Phar natna umbo a lo nih hnuah HIV/AIDS hi 1986-87 atang khan kan hospital hian kan hmachhawn leh tan a. Zambia rama AIDS vei hmasa berte enkawlna hmun pawh kan hospital tho hi a ni. Hetianga AIDS veite enkawl hmun hmasa a lo nih takah chuan ram pum atangin an rawn pan ta tup tup si a, hospital room/ward tana dawnsawn sen rual loha tam an lo nih tak avangin Home Based Care programme chu tan a lo ni ta a. Khawvel pum huap ang pawhin, he home based care 'concept' hlawhtling leh tha tak tichhuaktu pawh hi Chikankata Hospital tho kan ni. Tunah chuan UNAIDS pawhin khawvel puma HIV/AIDS chungchanga a hmalakna kawng pawimawh taka tan home based care hi a adopt hlen ta a ni.
Chikanakata tana challenge ropui tak mai chu: Phar natna tihrem a lo ni tawh a, kan phar hospital ward te pawh Biak Inah te kan lo hmang ta a, phar natna veite chenna thin In tam tak tehmeuh mai chu hospital hna thawktute chenna atan hman a lo ni tawh bawk a. Hetiang ang chiaha hlawhtling hian HIV/AIDS hi kan tudai thei ang em?, tih hi a ni. Kan HIV prevalence statistic thlir chuan Pathian zarah hemi hlawhtlinna lamtluang hi kan zawh mek niin ka hria.
@illusionaire: You really think so?!! Thanks a lot.
@army: Even though I have never personally witnessed nurses’ graduation in our Indian SA hospitals, I think you are right on your comparison between them and Chikankata. As ‘fela’ has observed and commented before, here it has always been a very colourful celebration!!
Thanks for making amendment on the ‘typing’ error committed by ‘hmingtea’. He should have been expressively more possessive of his own and always dear “Army’.
zaia...ti daih ila in nurse graduate te hi eng tin nge an thawh zawm ve zel dan? in hospital bakah khawi ah te nge an thawh ve thina
@chhanhima ralte: Ka post-a ka sawi ang khian, nurse indaihlohna a la nasa a. A zirchhuak tawhte hi chuan an zir chhuah tuk atangin sorkar hna an hmu nghal mai. Sorkar hospital-ah leh a tam zawk chu mission hospitalah (sorkar rawih ni thoin) an thawk nghal. Mahni zir chhuahna hospitala thawk nghal hi chu awm bawk mahse an tam lo.
Seems like a great day for everyone. Do keep up the good work.
@ daniel: What is 'special' about Chikankata is that despite many obstacles and setbacks, it is always alive and kicking, and the good always overcome the bad. This is possible because of many dedicated and hardworking professionals and workers, including our stakeholders within and abroad. And God is with us. Thanks for your constant encouragement.
I wish to train at this college, my wish will come true come 2012 I will be there. Congrats you are doing a great job.....
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When will you start selling applications for June/July intake I would love to train at this school,may God bless you. My contact is 0973599982
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