One of the most difficult thing after passing your exam is choosing the right school or career path to follow and today we will like to introduce you to one of the best higher educational institutions in Tiko and Cameroon in general.
Maflekumen Higher Institute /School of Health Sciences Tiko was ranked the 3rd 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 2022 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐚 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬.
Maflekumen Higher Institute of Health Sciences is a tertiary training institution that was authorized and accredited by prime ministerial no: 001845/10/04/2008 and Ministry of Higher Education no: 08/0113/minesup/05/05/08 to run a medical and biomedical sciences faculty at higher national diploma (HND) level with the following specialties: nursing sciences, medical laboratory sciences and health care management.
To further strengthen its training capacity in the tertiary education sector Maflekumen Higher Institute signed a memorandum of understanding with University of Buea Cameroon for mentorship, monitoring, supervision and evaluation of its Bachelors Degree Programs in Nursing Sciences and Medical Laboratory Sciences in June 2009.
In 2012 the Maflekumen Higher Institute obtained membership status with the Association of African Universities with headquarters in Ghana.
In abit to expand its horizon with other government training certification agency, they obtained authorization no: 0402/D/MINSANTE/SESP/SG/DHR/14/05/2012 on May 2012 from the Ministry of Public Health to operate Maflekumen School of Health Sciences with two training cycles viz: Training Cycles for State Registered Nursing and Training Cycle for State Registered Medical Laboratory Technicians.
The year 2021 witness the extension of Maflekumen Higher Institute Tiko through authorization no: 21-00337/N/MINESUP/SG/DDES/ESUP/SDA/Aosb of 18/01/2021 into the following HND training domains/fields. In the Medical and Biomedical Sciences domain the following specialties were accredited viz Midwifery, Pharmacy Technology, Nutrition & Dietetics, Health Sanitary Inspections, Clinical Optometry, Ophthalmic Technology, Dental Prosthesis, Prosthesis & Orthotics and Ultrasonography.
The domain of management constituted the following specialties viz: Project Management, Human Resource Management, Events Management, NGO Management, Quality Management. The Field of Business/Finance constituted: Banking/Finance, Accountancy, Marketing , Microfinance, Insurance, International trade. While the Field of Education is made up of: Didactics Curriculum Development & Teaching, Distance & Continuing Education, Education Management & Administration. Finally the field of Electrical and Electronics Engineering constituted Biomedical Equipment Maintenance.
To maintain effective and quality training taking into consideration ethics and deontology the training apparatus of the NGO shall be divided into two campuses. The Schools of Health Sciences located in CAMPUS A situated on Plot 118 Holfort New Layout – Long Street Tiko and the Schools of Management – Business – Education located in CAMPUS B situated on Plot 1/2 Block XV/A Tiko Golf Layout.
Official website: https://maflekumen-institute.org/
Mary Ndinge Lyonga is a marketing assistant at Eagle Wings and Spice Located at Mutengene, Tiko Road.
She was once a Volunteer at the Tiko Council Community Radio for a period of 3 months under the Leadership of Mme Sarah Nkongho as the Station Manager. She is a graduate from the department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Faculty of Social and Management Science, University of Buea.