Josco College of Nursing, Bengaluru: Admission, Courses, Fees, Placements

Josco College of Nursing is a pioneer nursing college of Bengaluru was started in the year 2004. This college present in Nelamangala, Bangalore is co-educational, which offers a number of nursing courses included in official lists of INC. The college is spread over 1 acre of land; it has a total intake capacity of 135 students and has a faculty of 35 members. Josco College of Nursing offers 8 programmes in three levels of study focusing on a range of branches of nursing. The institute is indeed passionate about quality education because all its programmes are well structured, and it has modern infrastructures.

The college boasts of all-round functional facilities which have been established to cater for the needs of the student populace. A modern library with books by national and international authors is also housed in the center of the campus. This has student’s and faculty area with reference and inter and periodicals section and the computer lab with Helinet Consortium of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences. The college also has a functional computer laboratory with computers and internet connections to allow student practical-topics exercises and research. Medical and surgical instruments for teaching procedures in labs are brought from outside and, with reference to INC norms in assisting students to learn what is being taught in the classroom.

Offering a vast array of nursing courses, Josco College of Nursing is designed to meet the growing needs of industries within health care related field. This institute offers seven full time, which are bachelor’s and Master degree programmes. The college offers 50 seat in B.Sc Nursing for 4 years for the under graduate and General Nursing and Midwifery 3 years course for 35 students. To further specialization, the college has a number of 2 years M.Sc Nursing programs with about 4 intake capacity in Medical Surgical Nursing, Psychiatric Nursing, Community Health Nursing, Paediatric Nursing and Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing. College has a total student capacity across all programs of 135 in order to keep as much student-faculty ratio intact in order to provide better student attention and quality education.

This is therefore the reason as to why admission into Josco College of Nursing has stringent measures that aim at identifying and admitting deserving and competent students for the college various courses. Procedures and steps followed during the selection process include an oral interview in order to qualify the candidates. In light of this College also appreciates the health of nursing students in light of the demanding nature of the course. In candidates have to provide the original certificates of the qualifying examination during admission, which are refunded after successful course completion. The process also effectively filters and produces qualified and committed persons to join the nursing programmes. Although particular examination dates are not mentioned the college is perhaps affiliated with a university and for admission and examination follows its calendar. 

The closeness that Josco College of Nursing has with hospitals and other health care facilities makes the student’s learning experience better. The college mainly deals with its parent hospital in Nelamangala so that the students can have practical trainings conveniently. Moreover, students also get exposed to reputed companies like ESIC Medical College Hospital, NIMHANS, Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology and K.C. General Hospital etc. 

These affiliations provide pluralistic practical experiences, which are essential in the formation of versatile nursing human resource. The college also maintains good hostels separately for boys and girls so as to accommodate the out station students without any discomfort. This paper has further analyzed how Josco College of Nursing has remained relevant to enhance the development of nursing education curriculum in India to meet the challenges of the future healthcare system.