White Policy through English Test

Overseas nurses are currently facing this discriminatory act through English proficiency.

All over the world IELTS has become the major obstacles for all types of professionals that wanted to render their service in the other part of the world.

This issue is somehow neglected since many government agencies are unaware of this or maybe its a conspiracy theory. As claimed by the many.

However, English is important in the communication vetween two people and thus, fluency is important.

Nevertheless, the increasing cut off score for the acceptable score for the English proficiency is way too far.

IELTS as claimed is not intended to measure the capacity of an individual in their proficiency in English. But sad to say it is the practice.

One person is currently campaigning about how this English test kill other languages all over the world. Failed to ubderstand, most of the words used in English are borrowed words from different regions around the world.

Our world beeds diversity to learn feom one another. But this is not the case.

Some may claim that English is important than any ither languages. Then you need to think about it.

More revision for Language proficiency is needed

New Zealand Nursing council has an easy policies when it comes to the English language proficiency, and also, they do not require their future registered nurses to have an IELTS result in one sitting, instead, their possible candidate can take another IELTS test, provided that the category or categories where they have a score lower that 7 will be & or higher on the new result. Like for instance, if a candidate have Listening 7.5 Reading 8 Writing 5.5 and Speaking 9, the candidate can retake the IELTS and should have a score of 7 or higher in the writing task. This is how clear their policy is.

Currently, the Senate in Australia will have a final decision regarding the English language proficiency test, that it needs to be revised more. Although, AHPRA revised some of its policies regarding the proficiency, it is still conflicting the interest of Australia, which is to prevent the downfall of the healthcare personnel in the country.

No one can deny that communication is very important, but nobody can also deny that Australia nowadays is a multicultural country, which has various languages used by different people.

Another assumption was that, both AHPRA and IELTS provider is having a deal, and no one proved this as of the moment. Furthermore, one commentator stated that the following test honored by AHPRA and Institutions that are offering bridging program, does not 100% measure the proficiency of the candidate and it does not also measure the skills of their future healthcare personnel.

What most candidate can do for now is to take IELTS test again and have a band score of 7 in all categories.

IELTS is required

All applicants for EN or RN in AHPRA need to supply an IELTS score of 7 or higher in all categoties for one sitting only.

Good luck!

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IELTS is required

All applicants for EN or RN in AHPRA need to supply an IELTS score of 7 or higher in all categoties for one sitting only.

Good luck!

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AHPRA eligibility is useless

Many overseas trained nurses that applied in AHPRA who happened to received the eligibility letter and mostly, their eligibility letter expires for a year or less.

This eligibility letter either permits overseas nurses to undergo a bridging course so that they can register as Australian RN. However, although these people have an eligibility letter, they where having hard time looking for an institutions that will accept them in the bridging program, since all the schools that is conducting the program required an IELTS of 7 in all categories and it excuses no one, eventhough that you have been exempted by AHPRA.

This has become the traumatic experience of all nurses, and AHPRA would even claim that schools will accept nurses without IELTS, but it is not true at all.

Maybe AHPRA is waiting for another file to be filed against them in the Senate. From the drastic changes of the English language requirement to improper dissemination of information, it makes the dream of the overseas nurses to practice in their own profession.

There was one article that was written that although Australia is not showing how they discriminate other Races, they somehow, show it through implementing rules that will prevent other Races to succeed.

So sad that AHPRA and Australia is a big needle pin in the heart of aspiring nurses.

The changing policy of AHPRA

The changing standards of AHPRA when it comes to the English language standard is now a hindrance to those good nurses and doctors who wanted to gain registration in Australia. Last August 2011, AHPRA published a new revision of the language proficiency policy for all those professional that wanted to be registered in the said country. However, recently, AHPRA disseminated another revised policy for its required English language standard.

The changing decisions of AHPRA is now a big obstacle for all nurses and physicians who wanted to work down under. There was a parliamentary decision made with regards to the standard that was implemented by the said agency. Nobody can argue that English is very important in communicating with their patient or people, but, it does not mean that if you score high or achieved an IELTS score of 7 or higher you will be a good nurse, as stated by one of the complainant.

Just a month ago, there are many applicants who already had an eligibility letter that are having hard time in looking for a school for the bridging, because although AHPRA exempted the future professionals in Australia from the English test, various institutions and schools do not honor the eligibility letter without the IELTS.

According to some of the institutions, they were just trying to protect their interests and their students as well, because they knew how unreliable AHPRA is when it comes to the English language proficiency standard.

One research claimed that IELTS became the basis of English proficiency due to profit matter.

MHTI application is now closed

Please note that those who wanted to apply in MHTI or Mercy Health Training Institute, there application for the 2011 intake bridging program is now closed. For requirements, kindly contact their coordinator.

"The IRON dates for 2011 are closed. We are running a November 2011 course but we have a huge number of applications" from MHTI.

"Please note we have 4 programs scheduled for 2012 – dates to be confirmed late 2011, but will be February, May, August and October".