Mbagen College of Health Technology (MCHT) is located in Abwa town of Mbagen community at Km 30 Gboko – Katsina Ala Road, Buruku LGA, Benue, Nigeria
Phone 0908 390 9466
Email info@cohta-agen.edu.ng
Website cohta-agen.edu.ng
Mbagen College of Health Technology
Mbagen College of Health Technology (MCHT), Abwa is a tertiary educational institution that develops primary healthcare personnel through a training programme that equips the students with the skills and knowledge to contribute effectively to healthcare.
Mbagen College of Health Technology, Abwa
Courses
Diploma in Community Health (CHEW)
• DURATION: Three years
• ENTRY QUALIFICATION: WASCE, SSCE, NECO or GCE O/Level with five (5) credits at not more than two sittings, which MUST include; English Language, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and Physics.
Certificate in Community Health (JCHEW)
• DURATION: Two years
• ENTRY QUALIFICATION: Three (3) credits in English Language, Mathematics, Biology and passes in two (2) science subjects in WASCE/GCE or NECO at not more than two sittings.
More about the school
It was established by Mbagen Development Association (MDA).
Mbagen is a Tiv clan in Buruku LGA of Benue state, Nigeria
The school is an inspiring achievement of what a community can do by itself for everyone including non-members.
Mbagen College of Health Technology commenced in January, 2014 and was officially commissioned on 9 May, 2014 by Senator Dr. George Akume.
The institution intends to be a renowned centre in Nigeria for the training of primary healthcare workers that will combine professional knowledge with the fear of God in discharging their responsiblities.①
Initially it had one block of three lecture rooms, one of which was converted into staff room the other were occupied by CHEW and JCHEW students respectively.
The staff of the college as of then included Mrs Adaga Terver, Mrs Dinah Taku, Mr Andoor Manasseh and other teaching and non teaching staff.
As at September 2022 Mbagen College of Health Technology had at leasf six (6) permanent primary healthcare tutor and four (4) visiting and many other teaching and non teaching staff.
• Administrative structure of Mbagen College of Health Technology, Abwa
The college has grown to become a bigger institution with several blocks of lecture rooms and an administrative block with many offices, a demonstration block with equipment, models and teaching aids, a library, laboratory and a large auditorium.
It attained full accreditation in January, 2018 by the Community Health Practitioners Registration Board of Nigeria (CHPRBN) to train CHEW and JCHEW students.
On 3 October, 2018 it was visited by the State Primary Healthcare Board on the for the purpose of supervision.②
