I greet you all by the way, my name is Zolisa Xebe living in East London and willing to do nursing but not only as a caree, to help people arround me and those who do not have ability to go to health facility.

Lilitha College of Nursing was created by the education and training of nurses and midwives Act 4 of 2003. The purpose of this Act was to:

Repeal various laws of apartheid which has established various colleges of nursing in the province of Eastern Cape;
Set up a single college with five (5) main campus and nineteen (19) Sous-campus in the province of Eastern Cape and strategically positioned to meet the training demands of nurses in health this system;
The programs are based on the requirements and priorities of the health system and the demography of the province. The college offers programs, basic nursing care and basic post, including specialized programs. He has always produced large volumes of nurses to allocate permanent clinical services for the province. The college embraces academic excellence in learning where generations of disciplinary knowledge are entrusted in the practice of nursing, research which concerns human health, disease and healing, experiments using community-based and practice with emphasis on the holistic relationship centered around a human approach that facilitates evidence-based the well-being of individuals.

Please be advised that the late applications should be accepted up to and including Friday, 1st July 2016.
STUDENT RECRUITMENT, ADMISSION AND SELECTION POLICY GUIDELINES FOR ALL PROGRAMMES:
PREAMBLE:

Recruitment and selection of students in the Eastern Cape must ensure accessibility of nursing education programmes to both rural and urban candidates and alleviation of a gross shortage of nurses in the Province, especially in the remote rural areas.

GENERAL NOTES
Prospective students must meet the statutory minimum requirements based on the National Senior Certificate (NSC) or equivalent school leaving certificate for admission to higher certificate or diploma programmes and candidates educational certificate.

Provisional admission will be based on levels/symbols obtained in Grade 12 June/September examinations or confirmation that study leave is being processed by the current employer. However the final decision for studying at Lilitha College of Nursing will be based on final Grade 12 results, confirmation that the applicant has been granted study leave by the employer and has not reached the pensionable age (55-60) applicable to all college programmes;
There are specific requirements for all specific programmes. The Admission Point System (APS) is used for allocating point values to your NSC subjects or equivalent:

College Fees
Diplomas:

Post Graduate – R6000 Per Annum
4 Year Diploma – R6000 Per Annum
Bridging Programme for Enrolled Nurses
1st Year R3000
2nd Year R4000


Post Registration Programmes:

1 Year Diploma in Midwifery – R6000 Per Annum
1 Year Diploma in Community Nursing Science – R3000 Per Annum


Enrollment Programmes (Certificate Courses):

Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary – R 3000 Per Annum
Enrolled Nursing –
1st Year R3000
2nd Year R4000
Financial Aid and Funding for nursing students:
Funding is provided to the following private nursing students:-

EC Department of Health;
Health and Welfare SETA for Learnerships; and
Employees from both public and private sector (Study leavers) to provide own funding for studies
Course Structure: The College provides the following fulltime Programmes:
Post Basic Diplomas: One Year: R212

Clinical Nursing Science, Health Assessment, Treatment and Care (PHC),
Child Nursing Science,
Orthopaedic Nursing,
Ophthalmic Nursing,
Midwifery and Neonatal Nursing Science (Centralised and Decentralised (DPAM),
Critical Care Nursing,
Operating Theatre Nursing
Community Nursing Science,
Basic Diplomas:

Diploma in Nursing (General. Community, Psychiatry) and Midwifery: Four Years: R425
Diploma in General Nursing Science (bridging Course): Two Years: R683
Diploma in One Year Midwifery: One Year: R254
Certificate Programmes:

Enrolled Nursing (EN): Two Years: R2175
Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary (ENA): One Year: R2176
Short Learning Programmes:

Anesthesiology for all categories of nurses (4 weeks)
Primary Health Care (6 weeks)
HIV/AIDS and TB Management Certificate (8 weeks)