Zambia has introduced two such programs already: the direct-entry midwifery diploma and the direct-entry nursing bachelor's degree.
The direct-entry midwifery diploma does not require students to have a nursing diploma, and it only requires two years of training compared to one year of training for the registered and enrolled midwifery diplomas.
Although every university in Australia accepts the IB diploma, entry criteria differ from university to university.
Deputy principal Cliff Hall says: "We have been trying to write an entry about the diplomas and quite frankly, as well as the fact that we haven't got the detailed content, outside education we really haven't had any awareness-raising for parents about the diplomas themselves.
There was something appropriate about this, for Mr Galbraith came from a farming family and famously began his studies at a small agricultural college that did not even require a high-school diploma for entry.
A six months midwifery curriculum for the existing nurses and a three year direct-entry curriculum on a diploma level have been developed.
Most positions require a minimum of a high school diploma for entry-level work.
Entry fees for a higher diploma are £246.17, whereas entry for seven GCSEs would cost £178.92.
Nevertheless Yehe - pronounced like the sort of yell a cowboy makes to get the steers moving - demands an act of faith, both from the young people who sign up to it and from the growing number of universities that are accepting the diploma as an entry passport.
It started after leaving high school — with or without a diploma — and an entry level job somewhere in the field.
