The Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Tertiary Education Council (GTEC), Prof. Augustin Ocloo, has disclosed that the wife of the Director of Royal Nursing College—who also serves as proprietress of a Montessori school affiliated with the institution—has been handed over to the police for prosecution.

The college, located at Tafo Nyhiaeso in the Ashanti Region, was shut down after its management reportedly failed to produce documentation confirming its accreditation status.

According to GTEC, the institution did not have accreditation from the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana and had also failed to comply with a June 2024 directive ordering it to stop admitting new students.

Speaking on Accra-Citi FM on Thursday, February 19, Prof. Ocloo described the college’s operations as misleading and harmful to both students and the public.

He stated that closing the school was necessary to protect the academic future of the more than 800 students, said to be enrolled.

“The best way to safeguard the future of the students is to close down the school and hand over the proprietress to the police to process her for court to defend herself,” he said.

The institution had reportedly been affiliated with the University of Cape Coast (UCC), but GTEC indicated it had been informed that the university had withdrawn its affiliation over some irregularities.

Reports say the school was first named Afia Kobi Nursing Training College, but was forced by Manhyia to remove the name of the revered Asante queen mother from the school, stemming from its accreditation issues, among others.