STUDENT LIFE

Student General Information

Educational Tours and Access to Practical Clinical Locations

Shimabala Institute educational tours are meant to offer training experience to students on specific areas of study and are part of learning. Therefore, these educational tours are mandatory to all learners and must be adhered to.

Admittance to Clinical areas

The Institute governs practical learning through the skills lab and science lab and additionally, the Institute has affiliated itself to different University Teaching Hospitals, Central, General and District Hospitals. Only students doing practical’s can access the clinical areas through a yearly timetable that determines the period when specific students can be allowed to access a particular clinical site. Therefore, students shall not access any of the clinical sites without permission from their respective instructors or lecturers.

Guidance and Counselling

Counselling aims to guide students in identifying short and long term goals and in making sensible, practical and achievable choices.
At SHINS Counsellor’s will be able to provide guidance and counselling to the students for various problems concerning their studies.

Some of the areas of concern are:

Psychotherapy Students come to colleges with different personal and psychological problems. This could be: coming from a broken family, bad boyfriend/girlfriend relationships, socialisation challenges, career concerns, emotional health issues, etc. These problems if not well handled can stress the learner and affect the overall education performance.
Academics and Learning The purpose of being in school is to learn, study and pass the exam. In short to gain practical knowledge. Counselling improves academic performance of a student.
Career Counselling
Educational and Psychological Outreach Counsellors are motivators and facilitators of change in the life of a student. Their role is not simple as they have to touch in a positive way the life of every student. They need to address many issues like: Financial management of students, stress, study habits, time management, drug abuse, unpleasant behaviour like rioting and other cross-cutting issues

Institute accommodation, shops and eating places

The Shimabala Institute has boarding houses. This accommodation is allocated on first come, first serve. Henceforth, students are supposed to pay in full if they wish to access Institute boarding houses which apparently are located near the institute. All rooms are shared with two students occupying a room.

Currently, the Institute does not have accommodation for married students or mothers with small babies. Also, the rented boarding houses are limited and can’t accommodate all the students. But the Institute is embarking on the project to construct its own hostels so that 60% of the students can live on campus. This will enable them to use library facilities after learning hours.

The Institute will operate a restaurant where students can buy meals at lunch time and a tuckshop where they can buy groceries. On the other hand, there are enough shops nearby where almost anything can be purchased.

Sporting activities

SHINS promote all forms of sports that form part of physical education and mental training. As a result, the institute will support students who will show keen interest in sporting activities. To promote competition in sports, SHINS will be affiliated to legally recognised and non-academic disturbing sporting bodies. However, where there is conflict between an academic programme and a sporting programme, the academic programme shall take precedence. No student shall miss learning or an exam on account of sports.

SHINS Access to Medical care

When a Students falls sick whilst on Campus or Institute boarding house or hostels or whilst at a Practical Site they shall be attended to by the Institute medical personnel or any medical personnel available and the cost shall be borne by the Institute. Therefore, a student who is not feeling well has a responsibility of reporting to the Institute Medical Facility or inform the counsellor in charge.

If the sickness can’t be treated at the Institute Medical facility, a student shall be taken to a government recognised hospital. After which, the guardian or parent of the student shall take over the responsibility of taking care of their child. Student’s Medical fees paid to the Institute by respective learners are not an insurance for health services as such they do not cover hospital bills. However, Student’s Medical fees covers transportation to the hospital and palliative care before being taken to the hospital.

SHINS Student Uniform

The following rules regarding uniform shall be observed by all students:
1. All students, as long as they are within campus or they are at clinical area, whether during learning hours or not, be it on holiday or Saturday or Sunday will be required to carry an identity card and must display the same at all times. This is a security measure so that the administration are able to identify students and distinguish them from visitors.
2. During learning time, be it on campus or clinical areas, students are supposed to be in uniform. The purpose of uniform is to identify our students as well as for equity purposes. Uniform brings everyone to equilibrium: whether from rich family or not, everyone will look the same. All full time students, inclusive of those studying non-medical courses are supposed to wear uniform.

The SHINS uniforms that shall be provided for at the institution can be identified as follows:

Registered Nurse Students’ uniform

Registered Nurse -Female Students

A white and light blue stripped dress dropping up to at least 15cm below the knee.
Flat heeled Black or brown shoes
White cap stripped with light blue lines according to the level of study.
Bush white T-shirt with a SHINS logo on the pocket
Student’s SHINS Identity Card

Registered Nurse- Male Students

A white short sleeved mini-coat with a SHINS logo stamp and light blue hierarchy stripes on the shoulders.
Black trousers.
Black or brown shoes
Bush white T-shirt with a SHINS logo on the pocket.
Student’s SHINS Identity Card.

Clinical Officer General Students’ Uniform

(for both male and female students)

A short sleeved laboratory Coat with a light blue collar and the SHINS logo
This uniform should be worn during week days on campus.
A blue T-Shirt with a SHINS logo stamp on the pocket. This T-Shirt should be worn during weekends and public holidays on campus.
Student’s SHINS Identity Card

Business Studies students’ Uniform

(female students)

A black skirt dropping up to at least 15cm below the knee.
A white shirt long or short sleeved
Flat heeled Black or brown shoes
Student’s SHINS Identity Card
A long sleeved laboratory Coat with a grey collar and the SHINS logo can be worn during weekends and public holidays on campus

(Male students)

A decent black trousers that is not slim fit
A white shirt long or short sleeved
Flat heeled Black or brown shoes
Student’s SHINS Identity Card
A long sleeved laboratory Coat with a grey collar and the SHINS logo can be worn during weekends and public holidays on campus

Hair styles

Students are cautioned against indecent hairstyles like dying the hair or having bad haircuts. SHINS is a Christian Institution of learning and we wish our students to be Christ like. For this, the most decently dressed and natural lady student will receive a reward every semester and so is the most decently dressed and smart male student.
The following dressing is not allowed within campus: not allowed to put on any hats, caps and head veils that cover the face (head veils should end on the hair line). Wearing of bareback shirts, sleeveless T-shirts or shirts or blouses; slacks, tight trousers, shorts, leggings and skirts that fall above the knees shall not be allowed whilst on campus and clinical sites. Those students found wanting, violates professional ethics and the security code of the Institute and shall therefore be disciplined in accordance with raid down procedures.

Student Union

Shimabala Training Institute (SHINS) will have a student union that shall represent the interests of the students to management. The name of the students union is Shimabala Training Institute Students Union (SHINSSU).
SHINSSU will be administrated by way of a SHINSSU Constitution which shall be written by both administration and the students. The SHINSSU Council shall comprise of an Elected Union President, Vice Union President, Secretary and Treasurer. There shall also be Elected Committee Members according to how the Union and management shall agree upon. As such all matters affecting the students shall be handled by management through SHINSSU. Management will not attend to students directly if they have a complaint against the way students’ affairs are handled.